“Stupid” Bluntness
It is not every day that a U.S. Supreme Court justice writes a separate one-paragraph opinion merely for the purpose of pointing out that, as a matter of policy, a state law is “stupid.”
It is not every day that a U.S. Supreme Court justice writes a separate one-paragraph opinion merely for the purpose of pointing out that, as a matter of policy, a state law is “stupid.” That is remarkable enough, but when the law in question governs the third branch of government in a state that—were it a nation—would be the world’s 11th largest economy, such bluntness should not be ignored.
To that end, Rich Samp of the conservative Washington Legal Foundation and I have jointly written this op-ed to for the New York Law Journal.
You can read the entire piece here.