dissent of Chief Justice Roberts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nOf course not. \u00a0It was an exercise of raw judicial power in which an elite decided to exert Nietschzean will. \u00a0There will be future such exercises until reality and nature eventually inform us with their characteristic bluntness that they decline to join in our pretenses anymore. \u00a0What that will look like is anybody\u2019s guess. \u00a0But as the pope has recently reminded us, when you slap nature, nature slaps you back. \u00a0Ideas *will* have consequences.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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