This Lawrence Lessig column, ostensibly about gerrymandering, could not possibly be a more transparent effort to sweet talk Chief Justice Roberts into upholding Roe v Wadehttps://beta.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/10/why-john-roberts-may-be-right-about-gerrymandering/?outputType=amp …
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Probably. But it’s the fear that no fact pattern on major cases could possibly persuade conservatives on the merits—and let’s see what happens with the latest ACA case—that leads to the wan hope that legitimacy argument might. Toss that case 9-0 and respect starts to be restored.
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“Conservative” Justices sided with the liberals on 10 of 17 5-4 decisions this past session.
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Questions about the current Court’s “legitimacy” - ie it’s partisan hackishness - are entirely the Court’s creation.
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