Conjor, on 10 January 2013 - 14:55, said:
First principle: states are given a wide latitude when it comes to home rule, so the Feds don't often get into state criminal law issues unless they go against the Federal interest. What's illegal in one state is often legal in another. In this states are like semi-autonomous "countries" within the larger Federalist structure. This is codified in the 10th Amendment.
In Lawrence v Texas (2003) the US Supreme Cousd ruled that homosexual sodomy was legal. But it did NOT rule that other nominally illegal sexual activities were too by extension; prostitution, incest, polygamy, etc.
Next up; Muth v Frank (7th Circuit Court, 2005.) In Muth a brother & sister incest was prosecuted in Wisconsin. They were convicted and appealed referencing Lawrence
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AFAIK the Supreme Court has not ruled on this subject again since Lawrence







