he has been a bit naive about JGR before I think and here he isn't quite willing to make the obvious point that there are six Republicans in the majority clearing the path for the Republican presidential nominee
I can totally believe Baude believes this but "the court that issued Loper Bright is not merely here to Save Us from Trump Derangement Syndrome" is what I believe the kids call "cope".
Calling it a reaction to their perceived Trump derangement syndrome is just a too polite way of saying they don’t think Jan 6 was an insurrection or that we saw the first time in our history where there wasn’t a peaceful transfer of power. Indeed some of them are actively pro insurrection
I had the privilege of studying with Patrick Baude, Professor Baude's father. He was, bar none, the best professor I had in college, grad school, or law school. William Baude's analytical abilities and eloquence come as no surprise at all.
Baude's podcast is even more revealing on this point. He criticizes the immunity decision on originalist but not consequentialist grounds. He also suggests that prosecuting Trump for the insurrection was unlikely to make a difference to the election or to any president's behavior. Roberts may agree.
Overcompensating for Trump derangement syndrome? At the DOJ?
There’s zero evidence for this
This is either not a serious argument, or if based on inside knowledge, an indictment of the conservative majority’s ability to perceive reality
my take was that the conservative majority is just really mad that trump is facing prosecution at all, not because they love trump but because the idea of a Republican president being prosecuted by his liberal successor freaks them out
and I guess this is saying something more or less similar
