e-commentary

. . .

J          “This term, the Supremes must squire the disputes between Trump and the lower courts and reign in the King.  The Court may not be capable of providing a review of all the policy decisions designed to swarm and overwhelm the system.”

K          “The power of the Presidency has expanded in starts and fits since the Lincoln Administration.  While in power, neither party has done much voluntarily to restrain the Executive.  Now the guard rails of self-restraint are gone.”

J          “On its best day, the Supreme Court’s power is incomplete if not inadequate.”

. . .

K          “This is also our opportunity to render a verdict on the legal system.  The whole system could be indicted and convicted of incompetence on a good day and willful venality on a typical day.  Someone is profoundly disappointed.”

. . . 

J          “Here be dragons.”

. . .

[See the e-commentary at First Monday In October:  Dos-à-dos (October 7, 2024), First Monday (October 4, 2021) and First Monday And “Patient One” (October 5, 2020) and other years.]

Bumper sticker of the week:

“But liberty, as we all know, cannot flourish in a country that is permanently on a war footing, or even a near-war footing.  Permanent crisis justifies permanent control of everybody and everything by the agencies of central government.”  Aldous Huxley

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