Congrats to all the profs at elite law schools who loudly vouched for John Roberts and Neil Gorsuch when they were nominated. Hope you placed your students in some nice clerkships.
Yes I get the satirical intent of this post, but my white hot rage doesn’t allow me to enjoy its subtleties:
A giant fuck you to all the profs at elite law schools who loudly vouched for John Roberts & Neil Gorsuch when they were nominated. Hope your students in clerkships get shingles in the eyes.
That was the story throughout the Trump admin. Anytime someone who had been in politics before, the media would gush & say “yeah they’re far right by old standards, but they’re serious, they’re from the old times.” When in fact they’re the people that have been working toward this reality for years.
You're right of course, except as to any implication that they may feel a sense of shame. Shame would really spoil the mood at their next Vineyard cocktail party.
Admittedly, I don't think they could have predicted Roberts just near-completely immunizing presidents from the law, or highly restricting what prosecutors can do in charging them for unofficial acts, based on Roberts hatred for the VRA in the 80s.
That was genuinely unpredictable.
He should be invited to the Senate to watch videos from his confirmation hearing and asked: what happened? They should do this, even if they refuse to show up.
Remember when they were joking about "fishing trips" during hearings? My spidey sense sparked on that then. I thought I was being oversensitive. NOW we know what they were referring to.
