There were some humorous things here. First, Kagan on the credibility of the SCOTUS:
Supreme Court justices are aware of how decisions made along partisan lines can damage the credibility of the institution, Justice Elena Kagan said Thursday at a judicial conference at the Spokane Convention Center.
“It’s bad for the court and the judiciary if people think all the decisions are up for grabs depending on who is sitting on the court,” Kagan said.
She said it was easier to reach consensus when the court was divided 4-4 after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia.
“When you go 4-4, we did more work,” Kagan said. “How do we break the tie?”
That’s tougher to do when conservatives hold a 5-4 majority, she said.
Then, voting along partisan lines, the SCOTUS approves Trump’s border wall.
The Supreme Court cleared the way Friday for the Trump administration to tap billions of dollars in Pentagon funds to build sections of a border wall with Mexico.
The court’s five conservative justices gave the administration the greenlight to begin work on four contracts it has awarded using Defense Department money. Funding for the projects had been frozen by lower courts while a lawsuit over the money proceeded. The court’s four liberal justices wouldn’t have allowed construction to start.