A new standard
Over the past quarter century I’ve read a lot of SCOTUS opinions as a matter of professional obligation. The majority opinion in Shelby County v. Holder is the worst SCOTUS opinion I’ve ever read, considered simply as an exercise in formal legal argument. And I’ve read Bush v. Gore.
Enjoy your all expenses paid by soon to be unemployed law students Prague vacation (and the $15,000 bonus check that goes with it) C.J. Roberts. You’ve earned it.
Update: I’ll have a piece on this tomorrow morning in Salon.