I think you got it. Insofar as the conservatives care about maintaining a semblance of legitimacy for the Supreme Court / Federal government, they are perfectly fine with blatant contradictions in their opinions. Because, you know, they’re fascists. They wouldn’t care if upholding this ruling would undermine interstate commerce or whatever. Laws are Calvin Ball to these people, subject to change on a whim to benefit whoever they need to and harm whomever they want. Legitimacy is a rubric they, and other fascistic people in power, control. Our opinion about their legitimacy does not matter.
In bad country, you can’t even leave your state, unless it’s to infect people with COVID
I think you got it. Insofar as the conservatives care about maintaining a semblance of legitimacy for the Supreme Court / Federal government, they are perfectly fine with blatant contradictions in their opinions. Because, you know, they’re fascists. They wouldn’t care if upholding this ruling would undermine interstate commerce or whatever. Laws are Calvin Ball to these people, subject to change on a whim to benefit whoever they need to and harm whomever they want. Legitimacy is a rubric they, and other fascistic people in power, control. Our opinion about their legitimacy does not matter.