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?!?Possible SCOTUS might rescind Brown v Board?!? (Original Post) bobbieinok Jun 2019 OP
How about a link so I can evaluate whether it's a legit opinion The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2019 #1
By Scott Lemieux at blog LawyersGuns&Money. As far as I know, author and blog very legit bobbieinok Jun 2019 #4
I finally found it. It's speculative and theoretical. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2019 #7
This 'opinion' arose (at least in part) when some of Trump's federal judicial picks refused.. Princess Turandot Jun 2019 #5
Link? Also, misdirection from the Mueller Report. Hekate Jun 2019 #2
That's the lens we have to view stuff like this eleny Jun 2019 #6
No. NT mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2019 #3

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,267 posts)
1. How about a link so I can evaluate whether it's a legit opinion
Tue Jun 11, 2019, 03:42 PM
Jun 2019

or somebody just blowing something out of their butt?

bobbieinok

(12,858 posts)
4. By Scott Lemieux at blog LawyersGuns&Money. As far as I know, author and blog very legit
Tue Jun 11, 2019, 04:21 PM
Jun 2019

Post June 11, 2019.

Title--'How long must we keep a straight face?'

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,267 posts)
7. I finally found it. It's speculative and theoretical.
Tue Jun 11, 2019, 04:30 PM
Jun 2019

The Supreme Court isn't likely to overrule Brown v. Board any time soon, if ever. For starters, there would have to be a case before them that addresses those same issues; the court can't overturn an existing precedential decision just because they feel like it.

Princess Turandot

(4,784 posts)
5. This 'opinion' arose (at least in part) when some of Trump's federal judicial picks refused..
Tue Jun 11, 2019, 04:24 PM
Jun 2019

to affirm that Brown was correctly decided, when questioned during their confirmation hearings. One reaction to this was that they would overturn that decision. The other was that what they really didn't want to be asked about was certain other decisions during the hearings i.e. they didn't want to declare themselves on the record as opposing Roe or Obergefell.

This came on the heels of a 5-4 SCOTUS decision that overturned a longstanding case on sovereign immunity between states. Breyer wrote a dissent in which he suggested that more cases could be overturned in the future.

FWIW when Kavanaugh was asked about Brown during his hearings, he called it the 'greatest moment in SCOTUS history'.

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