re: #28 EPR-radar

Imagine trying to teach constitutional law at a US law school these days. The prof has two options:

1) Lie through their teeth and claim the US has a coherent body of constitutional law with respect for precedent etc.

or

2) Admit that SCOTUS in general (and this SCOTUS in particular) does what it damn well pleases.

Having gone to law school, I think the past several years have shown that all the so-called legal theory and jurisprudence discussion in classes around the nation is just so much bulkshit. The Court does as it pleases and there’s nothing coherent in any of the decisions. It’s gotten far more regressive and ignoring precedent is the norm, when those were so-called bedrock principles for the Court.

This Court is about tearing down civil and other rights.

This Court is about unfettered gun access (today’s case notwithstanding - Heller and Bruen are the ones that truly leave the nation in thrall to gun nuts who have access to weapons that should only be in the hands of a military force, not individuals).

This Court is about punishing women.

This Court is about punishing immigrants.

This Court is about giving a pass to a convicted felon who is out to create an authoritarian regime.

Roberts = Taney.

Next week’s decisions will decide whether he ranks lower than Taney. I think he’s already there.