“So the immediate question that comes to mind - how is this different, in principle, from not allowing under 18’s to rent hard core porn?”
Scalia answered that question in his opinion. Essentially, we’ve always restricted minors’ rights to access pornography, so that’s ok. But we’ve never had an issue with minors accessing violent content — for example, the original Grimm’s fairy tales.
Interesting - especially as porn is allowed under “free speech”, which is the basis for this ruling.
Scalia’s response to this is telling as to his using his own personal judgment and opinions and not the Constitution.
Nowhere in the Constitution does it say that you only have a right to representation if you have had it for the past 100 years. Or if a judge thinks that your use of that right is reasonable in relation to history.
I am becoming highly disappointed in this new Court. They are leading us further towards a dictatorship whereas you are told you have no right to representation on issue after issue.