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Can we absolutely rule out the possibility that there’s an element of rank incompetence at play here?

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John Q Public's avatar John Q Public @johnqpublic.bsky.social
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Six expert judges are all incompetent? Their ambiguity is very purposeful.

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Bridget Copley PhD's avatar Bridget Copley PhD @moppety.bsky.social
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Hanson’s Razor (“never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by incompetence”) but I’d personally prefer a secret, third choice of malicious incompetence

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KC Momkin's avatar KC Momkin @kc-momkin.bsky.social
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Look, these Justices all know the founding fathers specifically invented limited government divided into three branches as checks on one another because men are not angels al la Madison. The Senate gave up their check by choosing not to convict. Now SCOTUS is officially undoing the legal check.

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Fourteen Kittens in a Trenchcoat's avatar Fourteen Kittens in a Trenchcoat @kittensinacoat.bsky.social
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yes, we can absolutely rule that out. john roberts is many things, but he is not an idiot. he knows precisely what he's doing here

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