1. An act of extreme stupidity by the U.S. Supreme Court.
2. An attempt to undermine
democracy or destroy human rights through judicial fiat.
3. What happens when a bunch of clueless lawyers pretend to be
God.
Notable examples include:
-- The recent (2010) decision to allow unlimited corporate and interest group contributions to U.S. political campaigns.
-- The Buck vs. Bell ruling that permitted forced sterilization of the mentall
ill. Justice Holmes said at the
time: “Three generations of imbeciles are enough.”
-- The Dred Scott
case that invalidated restrictions on slavery, while mandating that all African-Americans be treated as "property" in the eyes of the law.
-- Plessy v. Ferguson, which formally legalized segregation, Jim
Crow laws and minority disenfranchisement throughout the nation.
