The "horrible decisions that may be overturned now" list

[angus]

clearly A18 has done some homework.  I tried to think of some, but I'm not sure you and I agree on what constitutes a "horrible" decision.  Here's an interesting SCOTUS blog I used to look at, but forgot about for a while till you started this thread.  This is from the reputable firm Goldstein & Howe of Washington DC: 

http://www.scotusblog.com/movabletype/

take a look in particular at some of the national security issues and detainee rights cases.  and although it doesn't answer your question, you might also be interested in the Ayotte ruling.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

you're getting way ahead of yourself.  and probably overlooking anthony kennedy's swing position.

Kennedy voted against the majority in all of those cases. O'Connor was the fifth vote in each of them.

And I didn't say how quickly they would be overturned. But if Roberts and Alito join Scalia, Thomas, and Kennedy, it's only a matter of time.

I understand.  then yeah, I think you're right.  How about Brown v Board?

Well, it's complete speculation, but it is possible that Brown v. Board or Griswald v. Connecticut could be at risk with another wingnut. The far right hates Warren.

Actually Brown v. Board, Griswold v. Connecticut as well as Lawrence v. Texas aren't in any danger at all. In order for these to be challenged, some state would have to pass a law in violation of those decisions to be challenged so it can go to the court, and I don't see that happening.

[A18]

I forgot McCreary County v. ACLU, holding the Kentucky Ten Commandments display unconstitutional by a 5-4 vote, with O'Connor in the majority.

[MaC]

Grutter v. Bollinger -- upholding the affirmative action admissions policy of the University of Michigan Law School
Stenberg v. Carhart -- striking down Nebraska's partial-birth abortion ban
McConnell v. FEC -- upholding McCain-Feingold
Tennessee v. Lane -- holding that the Americans with Disabilities Act permissibly overrode state sovereign immunity

Anything else I'm missing?

Kelo v. New London
(but then again it is rather recent and likely won't be overturned for a long time)

[A18]

Kelo v. New London
(but then again it is rather recent and likely won't be overturned for a long time)

No. O'Connor dissented in that 5-4 decision. The five are still on the court.