just finished reading Lawrence v. Texas (123 S. Ct. 2472) (2003). Its about time the S. Ct. reversed themselves! The Bowers decision bothered me from the moment they framed the issue.

I know the wheels of justice grind slowly, but does it seriously take 17 years to correct a bad decision? I suppose its a good thing that not too many cops go running around arresting gays for having sex, so these cases are few and far between (and has anyone noticed they are always in the South???).

What's the first clue you have a bad decision in your hand? Perhaps when the dissent begins with, "this is not a case about A, as the Court purports to declare, but rather about B."

I can't even imagine how the kind of weak historical reasoning that went into Bowers could even occur. This is the Supreme Court of the United States, people. Isn't there a higher bar here? The 1986 Court couldn't define liberty on a bell.

anyway, at least there is one sensible ruling from the Court lately....