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41. I agree. There have been some shockers

Thu May 9, 2019, 08:57 PM

May 2019

Citizen’s United for example.

However these instances are what is called Black letter law, that is cases so black and white, that SCOTUS would be reluctant to review them except for a case of true emergency (eg a war)

In black letter cases judges are reluctant to get their hands dirty ... it would require doing so much violence to the plain meaning of words, their judgments would likely be studied in law schools. GOP patsys are still mindful of their place in history. They have no desire to be ridiculed in perpetuity.

I believe SCOTUS won’t want to go near this stuff. Trump et al, looking for a stay of execution will feel the noose tightening around their necks.

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