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"A gun case or Pandora's box?: Ruling could trigger the unhinging of American culture"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the headline of this amusing commentary in The Washington Times, which makes for a good topic for conversation on a Friday.  Here is how the commentary starts and ends: Many have heard about the historic gun rights case going to the Supreme Court. Fewer have heard that this is also a major case for businesses and family values. It could lead to anything from court-ordered Obamacare to same-sex marriage. This is the biggest case of the year, and everyone has a stake in it.... If the court overrules the Slaughterhouse Cases, the Privileges or Immunities Clause can mean anything courts say it means. The Supreme Court could declare a constitutional right to government-provided health care or "decent" housing, a free college education, a "living wage" or a clean environment, resulting in a court-ordered cap-and-trade system...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on December 11, 2009 (boomark / email).