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.
Good news on the NC Supreme Court race: 4th Circuit had taken the case with expedited schedule (as for by Riggs and granted) by Jan 27. 4th Circuit should be favorable to us.
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
Good news on the NC Supreme Court race: 4th Circuit had taken the case with expedited schedule (as for by Riggs and granted) by Jan 27. 4th Circuit should be favorable to us.
https://www.carolinajournal.com/federal-appeals-court-sets-jan-27-oral-argument-in-nc-supreme-court-election-dispute/