A SCOTUS Firehose in Trump v United States
After rage-tweeting throughout the oral argument in Trump v. United States , I find myself somewhat at a loss as to what points to focus on here. The positions staked out by the Court's most conservative Justices were themselves Trumpian, not so much in their audacity or mendacity but in their prolixity. It is impossible to interview Trump because while the interviewer tries to fact-check any given false statement (e.g., crime has skyrocketed ), Trump's firehose of bullshit emits six or seven more lies. So too during the oral argument: Justices Thomas, Alito, et al made so many spurious arguments that attempting to deal with them one by one feels like a sucker's game. Just to name a few lowlights: * Justice Thomas wanted to know whether he could use this case to invalidate Jack Smith's appointment. * Perhaps inspired by that non sequitur , later in the argument, Justice Kavanaugh seemed to think that flaws in an expired independent counsel law that is not t