All it takes is one lawsuit. That's a different federal circuit. I'm pretty sure a couple are already out there.
The entire system needs an overhaul, but the way conservative justices twist themselves in knots is kinda funny in a vacuum.
When all you care about is entrenching their power (because you know most people hate them), I think it helps to
1) have virtually no ideological consistency other than "I'm right, you're wrong, fuck you"
2) feel no shame or hesitation about that
The leaps are funny in a vacuum though. Agree.
These right-wingers claim to be "originalists". What they really mean is that they look for ways to use the Constitution to rationalize the result that they originally wanted.
I think you’re referring to the Jan 6 insurrection/riot in Washington, DC? It wasn’t in Texas, Louisiana, or Mississippi. Evidently the First Amendment still applies everywhere else, at least for now.