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The major problem with all of the rights in question here is that they were haphazardly legislated from the bench. In other words, the legislature has been so impotent that the courts have made overreaching rulings to effectively create legislation. This has the exact same problem as presidential executive orders. They can simply be overturned by the next court or president.

All of the rulings which Thomas brought up were based on a "right to privacy" interpretation which can easily be reinterpreted on a whim. However,the part which proves Thomas is a dishonest actor is that he left out a very specific ruling. The other ruling which is based on this right to privacy legalized interracial marriage and surprise, guess who is in an interracial marriage and would be personally affected.