Thanks for a concise recap, tho it should be pointed out that IIRC the state laws the Supremes struck down back then included the more blatant Jim Crow legislation.
Birdwatcher
There's always going to be a boogeyman to point to when it comes to defending the empire. But the over-riding fact of all empires, is that it's population is never anything more than subjects of the empire.
Don't want Obamacare? "Fug you!, says the empire. You get it anyway.
There's thousands upon thousands of other examples, but Obamacare is the freedom draining legislation that's in the news today.
