The Court’s decision today is not the first to so weaken the landmark civil rights protections that Congress enacted during the Reconstruction Era.
Ketanji Brown Jackson: “The Court’s decision today is not the first to so weaken the landmark civil rights protections that Congress enacted…”
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Jackson highlights the ongoing erosion of civil rights protections by the court.
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I think Bruen was wrongly decided. But if it is going to be our precedent, the majority should at least endeavor to apply it faithfully.
You know, there are lots of limits on what judges can do, and I try to be very, very mindful and scrupulous with respect to that because, as you say, our obligation is to be unbiased in our approach.
That temporary, practical, harm-reducing preservation of the status quo was no match for this Court’s demonstrated enthusiasm for greenlighting this President’s legally dubious actions in an emergency posture.
Today’s decision makes one thing clear: The Court’s objective is protecting guns, not consistently preserving any principle of law.