But a six-justice conservative supermajority that declines, for now, to grant a Republican president-elect’s demand for unlimited executive power—by a narrowly-reasoned, oddly fact-specific, single-vote margin—is not evidence of moderation or principle or nonpartisanship. It is what, in theory, should be the absolute bare minimum for an institution whose members cannot shut up about their solemn commitment to upholding the rule of law over promoting their personal politics. It is great, I guess, that the Court did not come out the other way; it is pretty fucking crazy, in my view, that the question was this close.
Bill Clinton ran into Loretta Lynch at an airport, had a 5 minutes chat with her, and it was a week-long scandal resulting in Lynch's recusal from the Hillary email invest. Alito CALLS TRUMP to get his law clerk a job while Trump has a case pending before SCOTUS and it's crickets...
But a six-justice conservative supermajority that declines, for now, to grant a Republican president-elect’s demand for unlimited executive power—by a narrowly-reasoned, oddly fact-specific, single-vote margin—is not evidence of moderation or principle or nonpartisanship. It is what, in theory, should be the absolute bare minimum for an institution whose members cannot shut up about their solemn commitment to upholding the rule of law over promoting their personal politics. It is great, I guess, that the Court did not come out the other way; it is pretty fucking crazy, in my view, that the question was this close.
https://ballsandstrikes.substack.com/p/the-conservative-justices-wanted?utm_campaign=email-half-post&r=rw0h9&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Bill Clinton ran into Loretta Lynch at an airport, had a 5 minutes chat with her, and it was a week-long scandal resulting in Lynch's recusal from the Hillary email invest. Alito CALLS TRUMP to get his law clerk a job while Trump has a case pending before SCOTUS and it's crickets...