Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · Jun 20 Conservative law professors will tell you that interpreting the Constitution requires rigorous, methodological work, meanwhile the Supreme Court is voting 9-0 on things like "the law protects America's history and tradition of getting hammered before 9 AM" www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
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Pretty cool that popular practice is a relevant and important touchstone to protect gun possession but the fact that America women in the 19th century were inducing abortions is totally irrelevant to the history and tradition of an abortion right
Love this, classic Thomas citing a) himself b) on something he lost c) that wasn't even a merits case
My head hurts.
someone reframed it for me as the conservative justices engaging in linguistics debate, not law debate, and it made a huge difference in how I mentally approach it.
Sounds like Trump should be disqualified from the presidency on account of the fact that he doesn't drink.
Culture of copious drinking in an era before an understanding of germ theory and modern potable water supplies.
Getting loaded is def part of the 🇺🇸 history and traditions. For better and for worse!
I don’t think law has to be entirely a manipulative political game, but goddamn these “Justices” sure aren’t doing anything to convince me otherwise.