I have a saying: the scandal isn't what's illegal, the scandal is what's legal.
Americans don't want leadership. They want alchemy.
So the danger of conservative judicial activism has been averted for another year. Stay tuned.
It wouldn't be fair to say that conservatives cherish property the way liberals cherish equality. But it would be fair to say that the takings clause is the conservatives recipe for judicial activism just as they say liberals have misused the equal protection clause.
The definition of a gaffe is when a politician tells the truth.
Anything that keeps a politician humble is healthy for democracy.