100% agree that we see the "your viewpoint is out of bounds" attitude today because the courts took the issue out of public deliberation and made what was at the time the majority viewpoint (https://borncurious.blog/p/abortion-was-the-defund-the-police) not viable in the political sphere.
I take issue with court interventions being necessary to intervene on behalf of Black Americans in the middle of the 20th century. That's not obvious. I believe a bald majority supported desegregation nationally, and Section 5 of the 14th empowers Congress to enforce the amendment.
While I thank you for your comments reading this can lead a reasonable person to believe you are ignoring too many laws that are passed by a majority that are designed to negatively impact a minority in a way that a reasonable person would find just plain wrong. As an example, the State of Florida, with a population of 23 million is now attempting to pass a law to gerrymander their state in such an entirely hyper-partisan manner so that there may be only one of two congressional districts that have a Democrat in that US House seat. 28 seats in the state of Florida and 24 have Republicans. And now they want to do a new gerrymander to make it even more lopsided. The 2024 Congressional elections in Florida had a split of 55% Republican and 43% Democrats. How does that align with what the Republicans would like to have with 26 Repub and 2 Dem US House seats. Should a gerrymander law be struck down? Theories may be fine, political or otherwise, on paper but when that theory plays out in the real world, with real people looking to bends laws for partisan gain, the outcome often doesn't look or smell very good.
100% agree that we see the "your viewpoint is out of bounds" attitude today because the courts took the issue out of public deliberation and made what was at the time the majority viewpoint (https://borncurious.blog/p/abortion-was-the-defund-the-police) not viable in the political sphere.
I take issue with court interventions being necessary to intervene on behalf of Black Americans in the middle of the 20th century. That's not obvious. I believe a bald majority supported desegregation nationally, and Section 5 of the 14th empowers Congress to enforce the amendment.
While I thank you for your comments reading this can lead a reasonable person to believe you are ignoring too many laws that are passed by a majority that are designed to negatively impact a minority in a way that a reasonable person would find just plain wrong. As an example, the State of Florida, with a population of 23 million is now attempting to pass a law to gerrymander their state in such an entirely hyper-partisan manner so that there may be only one of two congressional districts that have a Democrat in that US House seat. 28 seats in the state of Florida and 24 have Republicans. And now they want to do a new gerrymander to make it even more lopsided. The 2024 Congressional elections in Florida had a split of 55% Republican and 43% Democrats. How does that align with what the Republicans would like to have with 26 Repub and 2 Dem US House seats. Should a gerrymander law be struck down? Theories may be fine, political or otherwise, on paper but when that theory plays out in the real world, with real people looking to bends laws for partisan gain, the outcome often doesn't look or smell very good.