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The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,267 posts)or somebody just blowing something out of their butt?
bobbieinok
(12,858 posts)Post June 11, 2019.
Title--'How long must we keep a straight face?'
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,267 posts)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)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'.
Hekate
(90,189 posts)eleny
(46,166 posts)If it's outrageous - it's deflection.