It is that time of the season in which the Supreme Court issues decisions, a time in which, at least recently, it’s wise to keep a good grip on yourself and on a bottle of very good bourbon whiskey. This is the ultimate ring-and-run exercise among our institutions of government, The justices drop bombs that overturn, say, 50 years of privacy rights for women, or over 100 years of sensible gun legislation for New Yorkers.
Bruen v. New York was issued on June 23, 2022. Dobbs v. Jackson came along the next day. And then it was off to fish for salmon in Alaska, or take a lovely vacation on the cuff courtesy of the likes of Harlan Crow while the rest of us stand blinking amid the ruins of what we once assumed were permanent things.
Read the rest of Charlie Pierce’s piece at Esquire Politics…
