The Supreme Court has bases future rulings on past rulings, so if this new precedent (when it actually is delivered) will effect hundreds of other issues.
The basic precedent is that any individual right not explicitly in the Constitution is reserved for the states. This is a massive expansion of government rights at the expense of individual rights.
Is marriage an individual right? Sort of. Except for a few extreme Republicans, everyone thinks child marriage should be stopped by the government. But how about same sex marriage? Or how about interracial marriage?
This precedent could reasonably be used to overturn Loving v. Virginia and allow states to ban interracial marriage.
The basic precedent is that any individual right not explicitly in the Constitution is reserved for the states. This is a massive expansion of government rights at the expense of individual rights.
Is marriage an individual right? Sort of. Except for a few extreme Republicans, everyone thinks child marriage should be stopped by the government. But how about same sex marriage? Or how about interracial marriage?
This precedent could reasonably be used to overturn Loving v. Virginia and allow states to ban interracial marriage.