WOW! Scalia wrote the opinion for the majority. Breyer and THOMAS wrote dissenting opinions! To have Scalia and Thomas on opposite sides is pretty amazing....
Justice Thomas: “The historical evidence shows that the founding generation believed parents had absolute authority over their minor children and expected parents to use that authority to direct the proper development of their children. It would be absurd to suggest that such a society understood “the freedom of speech” to include a right to speak to minors (or a corresponding right of minors to access speech) without going through the minors’ parents.”
RIGHT ON, JUSTICE THOMAS!!! This is a horrible ruling.
Shadowfax: “Breyer and THOMAS wrote dissenting opinions! To have Scalia and Thomas on opposite sides is pretty amazing....”
Thomas is my favorite because he follows the US Constitution and disregards precedent that doesn’t comply with the plain meaning of it. I haven’t read his decision, but I’m betting he’s going to say the US Constitution does not protect the rights of minors to buy things a majority of voters have decided to restrict. He’s a big federalist, too. For example, he supported the right of states to pass medical marijuana laws.
The concept of the rights of minors is a relatively recent creation. The left has been pushing that meme for many years, because they want to tear down the rights of parents. I think they see parents as oppressive tyrants. The left are rebels without a clue, raging against any form of authority. Unfortunately, many FReepers have apparently fallen for the left’s rhetoric.