Norbizness: McReynolds at least had a fig leaf of a legal argument and precedent on his side, and he didn't think FDR could order him killed without fear of prosecution.

I've seen enough -- this is the most radical, dangerous, arrogant, out-of-control Supreme Court in American history, and it needs to be treated as such. open.substack.com/pub/kevinmkr...

The Radical Roberts Courtopen.substack.com The current Supreme Court of the United States has just cemented its place in history as the most radical Supreme Court ever. For a century and a half, that dishonor has gone to the antebellum court l...

McReynolds at least had a fig leaf of a legal argument and precedent on his side, and he didn't think FDR could order him killed without fear of prosecution.

Yeah, McReynolds et al were assholes but they were defending (bad) precedents from the Lochner era. This group? Even he'd be amazed at the brazen contempt

Still wondering what my former law school is going to teach next semester, maybe Con Law is no longer a required course because it's the scholarly equivalent of VCR/Betamax repair

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Con Law casebooks will now consist of the few paragraphs of Plato’s Republic in which Thrasymachus argues that justice is the will of the stronger, and the Wilhoit aphorism in 48 point type.

It's just Hobbes' Leviathan now

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