Wednesday, June 17, 2020

Ahem -- As Long As Some (Long Willfully Blinkered)... Are Finally Seeing The Light -- Why Not?!


Given that it has been a momentous week for landmark opinions from the Supremes. . . and given that we would normally expect new opinions -- tomorrow at 9:30 AM EDT. . . permit me a decidedly wild speculation:

Might we see an opinion authored by the Chief, declaring that Trump's financials are fair game, in evidence, for a Congressional investigation (as plainly contemplated by -- among other statutes -- 5 U.S.C. app. 4 § 101)?

Just thought I'd take a wild leap, here. [I realize this would be light-speed early, for a decision, of any kind.]

But, if Justice Gorsuch is (finally) willing to read the plain English -- and logic -- of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to mean what it says (i.e., make good on the promises embedded therein), then perhaps a 6-3 majority will also read plain English -- and logic -- into the post-Watergate-era Ethics in Government Act of 1978. We shall see. . . . smiling.

नमस्ते

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

another proper decision: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-rules-trump-cannot-end-daca-big-win-dreamer-n1115116

condor said...

Indeed! Thank you, Anon.

The most encouraging part, for me -- beyond the actual specifics of the decision -- is that the three reactionary ideologues (i.e., reliable dissenters) are increasingly floating on their own "island of the lost" -- left in the Nineteenth Century.

Smile. . . new post up now. . . .

Namaste. . . .