akirlu | Three Hundred Percent, That's Not Too Many (Reply)

So, to give Sarah Palin her due, I can't name that many landmark Supreme Court decisions just off the top of my head without coaching or googling.

Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
Bush v. Gore

That's all I got, then it's Life Line time. Only three. Of course, that amounts to three hundred percent more than Palin managed. But I'm not sure any of those cases would have been good choices for her to mention, for various reasons. Especially that last one...

Other decisions that ring a bell for me, once mentioned:

Miranda v. Arizona
Korematsu v. United States
Marbury v. Madison
UC Regents v. Bakke
FCC v. Pacifica Broadcasting

And if she were honest about it, apparently these* are some of the ones she should be familiar with because of their inherent badness... Gotta say, it scares the piss out of me that what these folks will be gunning for after Roe v. Wade are Lawrence v. Texas (decriminalizing homosexuality) and Everson v. Board of Education (separation of church and state). Surprise me? No. Scare me? Yes.

So, how many Supremes numbers can you name?

*ETA - Oops, wrong link there -- in case anyone is still reading, what I meant to link to was these "worst" SCOTUS decisions.