How the first liberal Supreme Court in a generation could reshape America

Vox ^ | August 22, 2016 | Dylan Matthews

[Clintonfatigued]

A liberal Court could end long-term solitary confinement. It could mandate better prison conditions in general, making it more costly to maintain mass incarceration. It could conceivably end the death penalty. It could uphold tough state campaign finance rules and start to move away from Citizens United. It could start to develop a robust right to vote and limit gerrymandering. It could strengthen abortion rights, moving toward viewing abortion rights as a matter of equal protection for women.

If Donald Trump wins in November, this is all moot. But if he loses, as polls increasingly indicate, the dawn of a new era of liberal jurisprudence could be upon us.

[fwdude]

In other words, it could completely ignore stare decisis.

[FreedomStar3028]

There should never be allowed to be a fully liberal or fully conservative supreme court.

[Clintonfatigued]

You read it there, taxpayer-funded abortions, more violent criminals let loose, the death penalty overturned, voting rights for criminals, illegal aliens, and dead people, as well as undermining the 1st and 2nd Amendments.

This more than anything else is what’s at stake.

[ealgeone]

A liberal SCOTUS has already re-shaped America. Ask Roberts.

[dp0622]

This is like asking how being 200 pounds again is going to affect my life.

You daydream about it, fantasize, relish the moment, then come back to reality :)

[Timpanagos1]

Garland will never get confirmed to the Court.

[Clintonfatigued]

If Hillary Clinton is elected (ugh!), Garland may be the best we can hope for.

[Hambone 1934]

Liberals never look into the future..If the liberal supreme court does that ,a conservative court can to.If Trump wins in November ,will libs scream about his use of executive orders?Of course they will.All he has to do is smile and say,I`m just doing what Obama did .I`m following his rules.If you like your rules,others can use them against you.

[Jacquerie]

The 17th Amendment, a Mistake That Keeps on Giving.

[Lurkinanloomin]

Disfiguring America is more like it

[Gay State Conservative]

I’m glad that I’m much closer to the grave than to the cradle.But I *am* ashamed that it was *my* generation,the “boomers”,that started this decent down the toilet.

[DiogenesLamp]

How the first liberal Supreme Court in a generation could reshape America

The first thing you need to remember about posting things from "Vox" is that if it's on "Vox" it's utter nonsense.

[Timpanagos1]

If Hillary were to win, Garland’s nomination will be withdrawn the day after the election.

[DiogenesLamp]

There should never be allowed to be a fully liberal or fully conservative supreme court.

Because splitting the difference between good and evil always works out so well.

[DiogenesLamp]

The 17th Amendment, a Mistake That Keeps on Giving.

The 24th amendment. The amendment that bloody well killed us.

[rollo tomasi]

stare decisis is a made up/bull feces legal "tradition" that can easily be superceeded by a majority which again makes that concept laughable under a "living Constitution". Respect to the fundamentals of the Constitution can be ignored at will. What makes a sane person think stare decisis is immune to deference as well?

Also stare decisis is based on some awful decisions as well, so who cares. The legal profession is just a haven for the top notch BS artists to have an arena to play in and be well compensated for their efforts. Natural Law/Common Law are victimized by the well skilled "artists", yeah for bad civil laws that pervert the logical components of Common Law.

[sparklite2]

A friend of mine sets the start of the descent as the 1960s. He’s probably right. The lefties won and are not the establishment.

[sparklite2]

Yes. It’s okay to eat dog poop,
if you only eat just a little. /s

[Calusa]

There should never be allowed to be a fully liberal or fully conservative supreme court.

Unlike the scotus that fast tracked Obamacare and same sex marriage. All you need to know is Reagan (or Nancy) nominated Justice Kennedy despite his known same sex affiliations and the House of Bush Chief Justice Roberts. So much for 3 decades of voting republican.I guess the oligarchs have ways I cannot comprehend.