The New York Times scoop about the Clean Power Plan case SCOTUS memos highlights the conservative justices' brazen disregard for their own rules — both then and now.
The six conservative justices, like gods grandly pronouncing, seem to care little for the lives their opaque shadow docket decisions affect. O to be elite as they!
So clarification of Roberts’ memorable statement from his confirmation hearing, job is calling ‘balls’ for Republican administrations & corporations and calling ‘strikes’ for Democratic administrations & individuals’ rights and also to pitch and bat to achieve his desired outcome.
Scotus, rather than the protector of constitutional reason, has become a lesser thing than the lower courts, all conjecture, devoid of facts and reason, and predictable results, trying to architect outcomes on a whim, with a wink and a nudge to lawful structure in about the same way as Madlibs are to story. It's hard to imagine making a worse wreck of it, but never underestimate the hubris.
The six conservative justices, like gods grandly pronouncing, seem to care little for the lives their opaque shadow docket decisions affect. O to be elite as they!
So clarification of Roberts’ memorable statement from his confirmation hearing, job is calling ‘balls’ for Republican administrations & corporations and calling ‘strikes’ for Democratic administrations & individuals’ rights and also to pitch and bat to achieve his desired outcome.
Roberts does what he does...because he can, end of.
Scotus, rather than the protector of constitutional reason, has become a lesser thing than the lower courts, all conjecture, devoid of facts and reason, and predictable results, trying to architect outcomes on a whim, with a wink and a nudge to lawful structure in about the same way as Madlibs are to story. It's hard to imagine making a worse wreck of it, but never underestimate the hubris.