What was the most harmful supreme court decision in the last 100 years?

[1srelluc]

While there are many, I'm going with Wickard v. Filburn.

Citizen's United is a damn close second.

Citizens United v. FEC - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

No real reason to go with anything later than 100 years.

 

[lg325]

It is okay for a local or state government to takeaway private property for a private companies project. Example: Business parks, Stadiums, tourist attractions. Both republicans and democrats teamed up against this one. I never found out if it was overturned.

 

[1srelluc]

It is okay for a local or state government to takeaway private property for a private companies project. Example: Business parks, Stadiums, tourist attractions. Both republicans and democrats teamed up against this one. I never found out if it was overturned.

Never overturned but many states (like Virginia) made it illegal to do so which satisfied the SCOTUS ruling.

Other states like CA and Texas love it and did not change a thing.

 

[Polishprince]

Lawrence v Texas 2003 was an atrocity.

it established a new "right" in the Constitution for men to take it in the butt anytime anywhere.

Something I find it hard to believe that the founding fathers intended.

 

[Blaster]

Roe v Wade

 

[Votto]

While there are many, I'm going with Wickard v. Filburn.

Citizen's United is a damn close second.

Citizens United v. FEC - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

No real reason to go with anything later than 100 years.

Marbury Madison is older than a hundred years and possibly one of the worst rulings ever.

It essentially made SCOTUS the supreme authority on what is Constitutional

Jefferson blew a gasket about the decision and disagreed vehemently.

 

[1srelluc]

Marbury Madison is older than a hundred years and possibly one of the worst rulings ever.

It essentially made SCOTUS the supreme authority on what is Constitutional

Jefferson blew a gasket about the decision and disagreed vehemently.

Back then Congress could (and still can if they weren't so retarded) overrule certain SCOTUS decisions.

The country’s highest court plays a critical role in all matters of federal law, yet it doesn’t always have the final say. Congress’s ability to check the court often depends on whether the court is interpreting the Constitution—in which case the court’s opinion is generally final—or a federal statute, which Congress can more readily amend.

 

[whitehall]

In 1944 the Court was coerced by the FDR administration to authorize the incarceration of Japanese American citizens. The Court found a "right to privacy" in 1973 with "roe v wade" that did not exist in the Constitution and used it to legalize the murder of millions of unborn children.

 

[alang1216]

While there are many, I'm going with Wickard v. Filburn.

Citizen's United is a damn close second.

Citizens United v. FEC - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

No real reason to go with anything later than 100 years.

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. 310 (2010), is a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court regarding campaign finance laws, in which the Court found that laws restricting the political spending of corporations and unions are inconsistent with the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The Supreme Court's 5–4 ruling in favor of Citizens United sparked significant controversy, with some viewing it as a defense of American principles of free speech and a safeguard against government overreach, while others criticized it as promoting corporate personhood and granting disproportionate political power to large corporations.

Unions and corporations are not voters and shouldn't get to corrupt our elections.

 

[Polishprince]

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. 310 (2010), is a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court regarding campaign finance laws, in which the Court found that laws restricting the political spending of corporations and unions are inconsistent with the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The Supreme Court's 5–4 ruling in favor of Citizens United sparked significant controversy, with some viewing it as a defense of American principles of free speech and a safeguard against government overreach, while others criticized it as promoting corporate personhood and granting disproportionate political power to large corporations.

Unions and corporations are not voters and shouldn't get to corrupt our elections.

Corporations like the New York Times have been trying to influence elections for generations.

 

[alang1216]

Corporations like the New York Times have been trying to influence elections for generations.

Corporations and the media are free to influence public opinion, they just shouldn't be able to fund elections. That should be restricted to US citizens only.