You might think the govt needs a good reason to put you in a cage and/or kidnap your children. But you’d me mistaken, at least according to our woefully misguided judiciary, which only requires a “rational basis.” Shameful. al.com/crime/2021/06/…
This is yet another illustration of how tyrannical reflexive judicial deference is and why the "take it up with the legislature" rejoinder is so hopelessly inadequate. Since she's a non-resident, it would literally be a crime for her to vote in the state that kidnapped her child.
Similarly, most of the plaintiffs in this occupational licensing case out of Texas were green-card holders—so again, it would be illegal for them to "take it up with the legislature." Fortunately, SCOTX was having none of it. casetext.com/analysis/patel…
And @JusticeWillett in particular was having none of it. This concurrence beautifully explains the folly and injustice of abject judicial deference to other branches—whether they're kidnapping children or putting immigrants out of work for no good reason.
txcourts.gov/media/1008502/…
txcourts.gov/media/1008502/…
Oh, and if anyone's interested in the book-length treatment of the subject, here ya go: amazon.com/Terms-Engageme….
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