One dissenting opinion in this case declared that the majority has "laid waste to our rational-basis jurisprudence," and criticizes the majority for ignoring stare decisis in contravention of their ruling in Casey.
One dissenting opinion in this case declared that the majority has "laid waste to our rational-basis jurisprudence," and criticizes the majority for ignoring stare decisis in contravention of their ruling in Casey. The majority in this case cited the ruling in Romer v. Evans as evidence for the ongoing erosion of the precedent set by the earlier ruling that this case overturned. Stevens' dissent in that overturned case was cited in the opinion this ruling's majority opinion, written by Anthony Kennedy. An infamous (*) dissent in this case rejected comparisons to Loving v. Virginia and warned that if promotion of majoritarian morality no longer constituted a legitimate state interest, then rational-basis review would overturn laws against bigamy, incest, and bestiality. That horrible dissent from this decision ends with Scalia concluding that his colleagues had embraced the "so-called homosexual agenda." For 10 points, name this 2003 case that overturned Bowers v. Hardwick and ruled a Texas sodomy law unconstitutional.
One dissenting opinion in this case declared that the majority has "laid waste to our rational-basis jurisprudence," and criticizes the majority for ignoring stare decisis in contravention of their ruling in Casey.
Lawrence v. Texas