[NittanyLion]

I think the proper frame of reference is to remember that, for every one time the Supreme Court usurps a state's power for a conservative notion, there are 10 times it does so for a liberal one. While this is a foolish law (in my estimation), the proper venue for repealing it lies in Texas.

Conservatives stand a far better chance of making headway by advocating states' rights than a right to privacy at the federal level.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

Sad thing for 10th amendment proponents is the fact its most partisan advocates can't get beyond the fact that they are most vitriolic about using it to justify silly bullshit.

Bans on sodomy, both heterosexual and homosexual, bans on miscegenation, deprivation of voting, commerce and property rights on the basis of race, and other political warts have long been justified by 10th amendment advocates - all of which are deeply antithetical to individual freedom to be left alone.

To put it another way, a legal principle which allows legislatures to opine at length about acts of homosexual sodomy can also be used to grant it a right to regulate the marital bed. I felt it all was pretty clear that the SC sees the Constitution as something which keeps government out of bedrooms.