To: xzins
What a thin thread our Liberties hang on. One SCOTUS member could have swung this the other way, just like the dangers our 2nd Amendment are in given the 5-4 ruling in the Columbia v. Heller case (2008) and then again in the 5-4 ruling of the McDonald v. Chicago case (2010.
As an aside, I love how the NYSlimes writes a headline saying SCOTUS was playing activist and
Justices Extend Firearm Rights in 5-to-4 Ruling
39 posted on
05/06/2014 8:33:52 AM PDT by
Cheerio
(Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
To: Cheerio; xzins
What a thin thread our Liberties hang on. One SCOTUS member could have swung this the other way
Exactly. Justice Kennedy replaced Sandra Day O'Connor as the swing vote on the SC. He can lean libertarian at times, and at others ....who knows. Glad to see him affirm that we still have our Constitutional freedom of religion. But it is a very thin thread as you noted, Cheerio, and Kennedy doesn't always get it right (same sex marriage).
49 posted on
05/06/2014 8:55:20 PM PDT by
Girlene
(Hey, NSA!)
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