re: #36 lawhawk

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.

sad to say that when the reforms finally come, the court system will likely start to look very napoleonic, with judges having almost minimal ability to do what they please and to be bound like traffic court judges to black letter law. Sad, because for more than 200 years the courts were mainly a bulwark against the excesses of government.