“Just who do we think we are?” Roberts said in the memorable 2015 dissent, when he similarly argued against judges intervening to protect individual rights.
Roberts brushed aside arguments that Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care amounted to sex discrimination and said decisions regarding medical treatment were best left to state legislatures.
When Roberts previously dissented from the decision declaring a constitutional right to same-sex marriage, he said the five-justice majority had hijacked the democratic process.
“Stealing this issue from the people will for many cast a cloud over same-sex marriage, making a dramatic social change that much more difficult to accept.
Same-sex marriage, on the other hand, has faded as a campaign issue in the decade after Obergefell.
Persons:
John Roberts, Wednesday, “, ” Roberts, Roberts, Hodges, ”, …, George W, Bush, Donald Trump, Sonia Sotomayor, Elizabeth Prelogar, Biden, Brett Kavanaugh, ” Kavanaugh, Kavanaugh, Prelogar, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch, ” Prelogar, Elena Kagan, J, Matthew Rice’s, ” Kagan
Organizations:
CNN, ACLU
Locations:
Tennessee