7.19.2005

And it'll be Casey Jr. vs Santorum?

Rick, we've come a long way!



"Justices Stewart and Black were scathing in dissent, observing that while both disagreed with the law personally (as do I), they could find nothing in the U.S. Constitution that prevented the Connecticut legislature from making such a law (which had been on the books in the state since 1879). "



"On the questions of marriage, family, and sex, that string begins with the 1965 Griswold decision. In that case, a Connecticut law that outlawed the use of contraceptives, even by married couples, was ruled unconstitutional. "



"And so it was and so it did. Just seven years later, in Eisenstadt v. Baird (1972), the Court struck down a Massachusetts law that made contraception legal only for married persons."



"The next step, of course, was Roe v. Wade, the abortion decision of 1973. "



"In the 1992 case, Planned Parenthood of Southeast Pennsylvania v. Casey [Sr], the Court handed down a complex ruling on a Pennsylvania state law ..."