[aristeides]

I just wish there was some intellectual honesty here. If people believe that an 18 year old who has sex with a 14 year old boy should be punished more harshly than a 18 year old who has sex with a 14 year old girl, they should just be upfront and say it.

I haven't thought about the issue enough to have a considered opinion. If I did, I might well decide that I don't want there to be such a law. But the issue here is whether the Supreme Court has the right to strike down such a law as unconstitutional. If all bad laws are going to be declared unconstitutional, we're in a heap of trouble.

[cherrycapital]

We are in trouble when bad laws are struck down?

[tdadams]

I haven't thought about the issue enough to have a considered opinion.

Well it's nice of you to make this confession after you've launched a bellicose tirade about it.

[Jim Noble]

If all bad laws are going to be declared unconstitutional, we're in a heap of trouble

Especially if the grounds to strike them down is the power of the Court as an embodiment of the General Will.

That will lead HERE in short order.

[tdadams]

If all bad laws are going to be declared unconstitutional, we're in a heap of trouble.

Really? Why is that? I would think striking down bad law would be a good thing.

[tangerine]

If all bad laws are going to be declared unconstitutional, we're in a heap of trouble.

Put brain in gear....*THEN* type.