Current mood:

satisfied

As was demonstrated in an interview with Katie Couric, Sarah Palin is unable to name any Supreme Court Case other than Roe v. Wade.

The Rules: Post info about ONE Supreme Court decision, modern or historic, to your lj. (Any decision, as long as it's not Roe v. Wade.) For those who see this on your f-list, take the meme to your OWN lj to spread the fun.

I'm actually doing two.  Technically Sarah Palin had to name one decision that she disagreed with.  Using that criteria, I choose Plessy v. Ferguson.  This was the case that institutionalized segregation by upholding the Jim Crow laws that were enacted after the Civil War.  This contributed to the continuing racial divide in our country.

OTOH, I completely support Griswold v. Connecticut which established the right to reproductive privacy.  Griswold overturned the Connecticut law that prohibited the sale of contraceptives to anybody even married people.Although Griswold only reversed the law for married couples, it laid down the right of privacy and lead to Eisenstadt v. Baird and eventually to Roe v. Wade.