Court Opinion

ID: 9432869
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-02 23:36:39.125918+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:15:21.897185
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Justice Blackmun,
dissenting.
I join Justice Souter’s dissenting opinion, for I agree with him that this statute is not even rational. I write sepa*335rately only to note my continuing adherence to the view that laws that discriminate against individuals with mental retardation, Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc., 473 U. S. 432, 455 (1985) (opinion of Marshall, J., joined by Brennan and Blackmun, JJ.), or infringe upon fundamental rights, Foucha v. Louisiana, 504 U. S. 71, 84-86 (1992) (plurality opinion of White, J., joined by Blackmun, Stevens, and Souter, JJ.), are subject to heightened review.