After abortion, conservative U.S. justices take aim at other precedents
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority has shown in its blockbuster abortion ruling and other high-profile decisions in recent days that it is fearless when it comes to overturning - and even ignoring - historic precedents.
And the conservative justices, with a 6-3 majority, may just be getting started, even as their current term came to a close on Thursday.
Among the cases the court already has taken up for its next term, starting in October, are two that give its conservative bloc an opportunity to end college and university policies considering race in admissions to achieve more student diversity - an approach the court upheld in a 2003 precedent and reaffirmed in 2016. Another case in the coming term involving federal protections for waterways will put a further precedent to the test.
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"I think the most conservative justices dislike much of modern American law and are actively changing it. They aren't going to let precedent get in their way," University of Virginia Law School professor Douglas Laycock said.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/analysis-after-abortion-conservative-u-s-justices-take-aim-at-other-precedents/ar-AAZ3X68
Correction, conservatives hate modern America. They'd rather go back to the early 19th century. Fools like Clarence Thomas and Amy Coney Barrett think it won't affect them.
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