In approximately 11 hours, we will know the Supreme Court’s decision in the sodomy case. I’m on tenterhooks here. (I used to think the word was tenderhooks, but it’s not.) I’m interested in more than just the result; I’m really looking forward to reading the opinions, no matter how it turns out.
Unfortunately, I have a meeting out of the office at 11:00 tomorrow morning, which means I’ll have to leave my office by about 10:40, which means that although I’ll probably have time to learn the result and quickly post something online (or maybe not), I won’t get a chance to really read the opinions until later in the day. I hope the PDF files are downloadable somewhere by 10:30, so I can print them out and take them with me!
If I were forced to guess, I’d say that the Court is going to strike down the law using the “rational basis” equal protection argument… but I really have no idea what’s going to happen.
And I hope to God nobody retires.
I don’t think it’d be a great loss of Rehnquist retired – that’d just be a case of replacing one evil with another, right (to be simplistic)? My biggest fear in terms of retirement is O’Connor; as she’s so often the crucial swing vote, we NEED her to stay on. But I wouldn’t be shocked if she wanted Dubya to replace her. Surprised, but not entirely shocked.
I still think the Supremes will declare the Texas law unconstitutional (as per Roemer v. Colorado), but stop short of overturning non-gender-specific sodomy laws. I’m a bundle of nerves.