For the lib legal perspective - I check 4 Twitter accounts. One guy is anti-Garland and I assume he's never on tv anywhere. The other three appear on MSNBC/CNN regularly - that's why I chose them. They've entirely ignored the ruling. I'm pretty sure such legal people think of their Twitter accounts as a way for them as High Priests of the Law to explain the hows/whys of the law to us hoi polloi.
At first I was surprised they didn't mention it. But it too me just few seconds to see why. They're 100% certain the legal case will be considered nonsense by the GOP justices on the supreme court. Why tweet about nonsense? The problem is the more I think of this - the more it seems to be nothing other than a trial balloon. Trial balloons are not an official legal concept but they certainly are a de facto ones for GOP judges and justices.
The lib legal minds don't want to accept the reality that seems crystal clear to me. The 5th Circuit will simply turn the volume down from 11 and then try 10. Then 9. Then 8. And eventually the GOP justices will allow a crazy ruling to stand. It won't an 11 this-is-utter-batshit but maybe it'll be a 7.5 ruling that's still highly-toxic and destructive. Another circuits will take note - "Ah, this is how insane we can go but not higher."
For the lib legal perspective - I check 4 Twitter accounts. One guy is anti-Garland and I assume he's never on tv anywhere. The other three appear on MSNBC/CNN regularly - that's why I chose them. They've entirely ignored the ruling. I'm pretty sure such legal people think of their Twitter accounts as a way for them as High Priests of the Law to explain the hows/whys of the law to us hoi polloi.
At first I was surprised they didn't mention it. But it too me just few seconds to see why. They're 100% certain the legal case will be considered nonsense by the GOP justices on the supreme court. Why tweet about nonsense? The problem is the more I think of this - the more it seems to be nothing other than a trial balloon. Trial balloons are not an official legal concept but they certainly are a de facto ones for GOP judges and justices.
The lib legal minds don't want to accept the reality that seems crystal clear to me. The 5th Circuit will simply turn the volume down from 11 and then try 10. Then 9. Then 8. And eventually the GOP justices will allow a crazy ruling to stand. It won't an 11 this-is-utter-batshit but maybe it'll be a 7.5 ruling that's still highly-toxic and destructive. Another circuits will take note - "Ah, this is how insane we can go but not higher."