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Look, I don't believe McConnell is ever coming back to the Senate, but the second he resigns there's going to be another Republican in that seat, likely worse than him, voting. Why would any Democrat be demanding he vacate the seat? Are you dumb or are stupid? Because those are your two options

"ruling for Trump" in and of itself is not the problem, although I wish they didn't. The problem is creating novel legal interpretations that have no basis in the law itself to implement right won't policy goals, and being explicit about it in their opinions

Steve Vladeck@stevevladeck.bsky.social · last mo.

This passage from @davidlat.bsky.social perfectly captures the false dichotomy you see so often from the Supreme Court's defenders: The Court is held out as "independent" because it doesn't *always* rule for Trump. That whitewashes (1) how often it *does*; & (2) its bad behavior in non-Trump cases.

Screenshot from David Lat's "Original Jurisdiction" newsletter that reads:

Runner-up for Judge of the Week: Chief Justice Roberts. The end of a Term brings with it evaluations of the Supreme Court—and, of course, the Chief Justice as its leader. For critiques of the current conservative Court—and, implicitly, Chief Justice Roberts—see the views of Professors Kate Shaw and Steve Vladeck in this spirited debate in The Times (gift link).

I call it a “spirited debate” because of the vigorous pushback that Shaw and Vladeck received from Professor Will Baude (who clerked for the Chief). See also this post at Executive Functions by Professor Jack Goldsmith—no fan of the Trump administration—titled “The Powerful, Resilient, Independent Supreme Court.” Or if Goldsmith is too conservative a commentator for your tastes, check out this staff editorial by The Washington Post (gift link), “The Supreme Court’s not-so-MAGA majority.”

Robin Ficker winning the Republican nomination for MD06 is objectively hilarious. Trone & McClain spent a collective bajillion dollars to run against...the guy banned from Georgetown basketball games