Seeing a lot of takes from lawyers that SCOTUS won't overturn Obergefell (same-sex marriage) in the Kim Davis case, and like... no offense, but I feel like we heard the same thing with Roe being overturned.
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Like I get the lawyerly reasoning behind it all. Solid analysis. But we don't live in that world anymore.
aug 14, 2025, 7:03 pm • 5 1 • view
I'm so stunned by how completely unprepared lawyers have been these past 16 years. Have lawyers met each other? Why is anyone assuming good intent here?
aug 14, 2025, 8:13 pm • 3 0 • view
idk I don't understand it either. Lawyers seem to think The Law is a magical institution that is much more resilient than reality. I think they're also very ivory towered.
aug 14, 2025, 8:19 pm • 2 0 • view
when much of our non-codified practices/procedures rest on "gentleman's agreement", this is where we end up. A lesson we learn over and over in history is that polite agreements between the ruling class are always weaker than one sociopath with money.
aug 14, 2025, 8:37 pm • 1 0 • view
Seems that this SCOTUS could find documents proving that actually in the 1700s a ham sandwich was considered a weapon of mass destruction.
aug 15, 2025, 5:52 pm • 1 0 • view