3. Indian Courts often order remedies that are legislative in nature rather than flowing from equity or from a statute. In the recent times, this has been used without any limiting principle.

2. I agree with SL-S. I think OxBridge education of the elites, and their views about Nehruvian nationalism probably explain many notable judgments. But on social matters which didn’t concern the political elite, the Court elites were moved by their own mores rather than some grand jurisprudence.

I’m responding here in lieu of responding under my earlier response so SL-S can chime in too.

1. I think we must disentangle one-off judgments that promoted equality along some social dimension from a jurisprudential commitment to equality.

Re India, I’d be interested in talking to you about it. I don’t have set views so I’m not challenging your conclusion but I do have some pushbacks.

Similarly, nobody serious says we toss out the text or look less at the (inter- or intra-) textual clues.

Breyer used to emphasize this point in his tour w/ Scalia and it needed emphasis bc of how flippant Scalia was about non-originalists. Entertaining but tragic treatment of sincere colleagues.

Julian, this could be a candidate component of a Turing test. Because no LLM will assign high probability to this sequence.

Khalil Gibran’s deeply spiritual poem.

The Vedantins will agree with the theory and the experience captured here. Indeed Truth has many expressions but no religion.

While Trump may have had the gumption to tee up this fight, I think some Minnesota lawprofs probably really think BRC is a scourge. They will continue to be right-wing ideologues on the bench.

Don't get me wrong: I'm relieved that this case is shaping up as either 8-1 or 7-2 against the Trump executive order. But the case is a gift to the Supreme Court. By rejecting an outlandish position, it will earn credibility as apolitical, even as the Overton window moves far to the right.

If something isn’t dispositive for you, you’re wasting your time with the advocate. An oral argument isn’t a classroom—real people rely on what happens there for guidance on future disputes.

This is excellent. Two meta-comments:
1) The essay is excellently lawyered (analytically clear, organized). I take this as a second-order defense of legal analysis in political struggles.
2) It is also resolutely pragmatic without being moderate. These are vital virtues to hold together these days.

Re this point, did you hear Canadian PM at Davos? I think most leaders seem ready for a multipolar world order.

I don’t want to pretend to know what equations will govern it but it may not be bad :)

Thanks. I hadn’t seen it before; but also my goodness, what an awful illness.

Could you please tell me where this is from?

Quite amazed and now more curious about the author of the very enjoyable series!

The justices claim their papers belong to them, not the government or the public

An outrageous claim
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...

You guys stop reading past the first post or what?

I mean he’s on X finding arguments for the administration. I certainly wish him well.

Merry Christmas to you, Rick! May your generosity inspire many more and may this center help your neighbors on their path to stability!

And it’s bizarre. Who are they carrying water for? On this monstrous moral calamity.

Sounds so much less depressing than the umpteenth hash of whether the entire executive power is vested in the president (which, ok, one also has to write—perhaps for posterity)…

Oh wait I just saw something else worse, and you’re a direct participant.

Yeah, sorry Julian.

Julian, I read on the interwebz that much of the academy is involved in “sloppy argumentation, overbroad claims, dismissive derision” re citizenship question.

In responses, OP mentions silos, and lack of curiosity of left-leaning academics.

Good luck in the trenches; not much else to say.

I actually find this pleasing when it happens—I find my notes from a few years ago and think this son of a gun is smart only to find that I wrote it!!!

Ah you’re suggesting a possible flow out of Netflix post merger; missed that. Fair point, though, whether it would constrain them isn’t unclear as you say.

Also, I’d be surprised if teens buy their own subscription or if Netflix becoming an attractive option would turn them towards it. Netflix isn’t a competitor at all in the content category this demographic seems to want.

Hey, while I agree with the rest of the thread, not sure the news contradicts the claim. Unclear that absence of those short-form videos feed services will bring Netflix subscriptions, and conversely unclear their presence hinders people from subscribing to Netflix. Too many confounding factors.

remember, please.

the noise of evil in the world is always there.

it is noise. sometimes it is louder. sometimes less so.

but your job is to do good. be aware of the bad. but your job never, ever, changes.

do good.

Is there a hashtag or something for requests like this?