[Cathryn Crawford]

Take a look at this.

[Dan from Michigan]

If SCOTUS says this was unconstitution, they should strike down all those stupid gun laws in all the states. At least there's the 2nd Amendment as well on that one.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Statement: "Federal Privacy Notions."

Response; Simply note how the concept of 'privacy' is almost invariably used to cover vice, corruption, fraud and violence. If I remember correctly the initiation of the idea was by a lawyer whose father had been convicted of judicial corruption. Thus, even the birth of the concept is suspect! A Bastard born, if you will.

[mrsmith]

Every one who thinks the Bill of Rights wasn't written to limit the power of the federal government is ecstatic over this ruling.

I don't know how our schools have convinced people to turn the Bill of Rights on it's head to give the feds more power over the citizens.
Don't they even teach children that the Constitution would not have been ratified if Madison hadn't promised to amend it to further limit the new government's powers?
Are Madison and Jefferson no longer mentioned in courses on our history except as examples of mean white men?

The Ninth amendment has joined the Tenth as a useless anachronism.

[gitmo]

I have no issue with a right to privacy. It should be included in the scope of the 9th and 10th amendment. But the broadsweeping power of this ruling is ludicrous. I don't see why it would not as easily apply to incest, drug use, counterfeiting, or stealing cable TV.

[foolscap]

I can't see why everyone is getting so worked up on this topic. The sodomy laws have not been enforced for years and will not be anytime in the near future. If two people of the same sex want to do nasty things to each other and they both consent then it's no one business but their own. It may open the door to gay marriage but I think that's coming down the pike anyway. There are those that argue that gay marriage takes away from the sanctity of marriage in general. Sorry guys but that was lost a long time ago when heterosexual degraded the institution with divorce. Marriage has become meaningless because people have treated it as meaningless. When the churches have a divorce rate the same as those who are un-churched then they have some housecleaning of their own to do. They should focus on that and fix the problem then maybe someone might be interested in what they have to offer. If gays want to get in on the misery so be it. It will be funny to see what their divorce statistics are in a few years time. The only ones to benefit from all this will be the lawyers.

[DManA]

Hard to keep track. My bedroom is off limits to the Feds but they may interfere with my refrigerator and pantry with impunity? My girth is a vital interest to them but STDs isn't?