One pretty clear dynamic on display this week is whose legal interests the Supreme Court cares about (corrupt politicians, hedge fund fraudsters, literal January 6 rioters) and whose it doesn’t (poor people) ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/grant...
Neil Gorsuch shouldn’t be on the court. He should be getting absolutely embarrassed on national TV as some thumb sucking pundit clinging to his wretched mother's legacy.
The "backpacker on vacation" line calls to mind (though apparently not Gorsuch's) the famous line from Anatole France about the law, in its majestic equality, forbidding both rich and poor to sleep under bridges.
I go back and forth but I appreciate Alito not bothering with the convolutions of the rest. Don’t insult me by giving me common law gibberish and potted history of England’s early courts when I know how you voted on previous cases with different plaintiffs wanting jury trials.
