As much as the Supreme Court is supposed to be about the law, they're a political entity - part of the bureaucracy - as well.
They seem to be focusing on issuing a lot of rulings for cases they can go 9-0 on. I can't help but think that in normal times this would be another 5-4 with a whiny minority opinion about but muh duty to protects. In these times, a bunch of 5-4 rulings in cases like this would basically be as if they were raising a giant "please stack the supreme court" billboard.
It's really rare for any bureaucratic entity anywhere, ever, to volunteer to have its power castrated. Even if members are supposedly on the same side as the people who would be wielding the knife. This has worked against us a lot, but in this case seems to be working for us.
(There could be deeper movements at work, but such things aren't required to explain this.)
If it's just self-interest, look for them to go back to the usual behavior - 5-4 garbage with Roberts being his normal treacherous self - once the threat of court-packing is firmly defeated.
As much as the Supreme Court is supposed to be about the law, they're a political entity - part of the bureaucracy - as well.
They seem to be focusing on issuing a lot of rulings for cases they can go 9-0 on. I can't help but think that in normal times this would be another 5-4 with a whiny minority opinion about but muh duty to protects. In these times, a bunch of 5-4 rulings in cases like this would basically be as if they were raising a giant "please stack the supreme court" billboard.
It's really rare for any bureaucratic entity anywhere, ever, to volunteer to have its power castrated. Even if members are supposedly on the same side as the people who would be wielding the knife. This has worked against us a lot, but in this case seems to be working for us.
(There could be deeper movements at work, but such things aren't required to explain this.)
If it's just self-interest, look for them to go back to the usual behavior - 5-4 garbage with Roberts being his normal treacherous self - once the threat of court-packing is firmly defeated.