'The Louisiana state senator sponsoring the extended lookback window, Jay Luneau, cheered Wednesday’s reversal. “We’ve seen … a lot of religious organizations where they’ve covered up this abuse, and this is going to send a clear message that you can run, but you can’t hide,” he said.'
'Crichton concurred with the majority by writing that he essentially gave too much weight to property rights over the right to due process when he voted to strike down the law earlier this year.
Griffin noted in her concurrence that “vested rights” mentioned in previous versions of Louisiana’s state constitution had been removed from the latest version, ratified 50 years ago. Once she accepted that, Griffin said she agreed with the majority that the lookback window “relates to a legitimate government interest” and is, therefore, constitutional.
Justices Jefferson Davis Hughes III and James Genovese dissented from the majority, with the latter on Wednesday saying he feared the court was setting “a bad precedent [that] has the potential of opening Pandora’s box”.
“a bad precedent [that] has the potential of opening Pandora’s box”.