They all depend on the 14^th^ Amendment
If Roe is vulnerable, so are all these others.
Roe v. Wade -- right to an abortion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roe_v._Wade
Brown v. Board of Education -- racial segregation of schools
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_v._Board_of_Education
Loving v. Virginia -- inter-racial marriage
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loving_v._Virginia
Mapp v. Ohio -- exclude evidence obtained illegally
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapp_v._Ohio
Gideon v. Wainwright -- right to counsel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gideon_v._Wainwright
Griswold v. Connecticut -- right to use contraception
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griswold_v._Connecticut
Obergefell v. Hodges -- same-sex marriage
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obergefell_v._Hodges
Lawrence v. Texas -- homosexual sex
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_v._Texas
Thomas wrote in his concurring opinion
For that reason, in future cases, we should reconsider all of this Court’s substantive due process precedents, including Griswold, Lawrence, and Obergefell.
It's interesting that Thomas didn't mention Loving v. Virginia in that same sentence. He's a black man who lives with his white wife in Virginia, the same state where Mildred and Richard Loving were arrested for being married to each other.
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