[aristeides]

Care to explain on what theory the Supreme Court thought Lawrence affected the outcome in Limon?

[AntiGuv]

Limon was challenged in large part on the basis of Romer; the Kansas defense rested on the Bowers precedent; Lawrence reversed Bowers, which no longer exists as a point of law; Romer is now controlling; the 5th Amendment brings sentencing under the purview of both Lawrence and Romer.

Romer states that: even in the ordinary equal protection case calling for the most deferential of standards, we insist on knowing the relation between the classification adopted and the object to be attained. If Kansas can establish the relation between the classification here adopted and the object to be attained, they will meet the threshold in Romer. By all means, if anyone here can explain that relation (consistent with Romer and Lawrence), then go right ahead.