“But when the Court does act in this way, its decision requires an equally rare precedential force to counter the inevitable efforts to overturn it & to thwart its implementation. Some of those efforts may be mere #unprincipled emotional reactions; others may proceed from principles worthy of profound respect.

#DavidSouter #SCOTUS #law #judiciary #JudicialIndependence #ethics

@womble @mjg59

Or indeed to believe that political violence is #unacceptable, and to uphold that #belief regardless of who the violence is targeting. Kind of like the ACLU and other groups once believed in supporting the right to free speech, even when those speaking were saying things they found #offensive and #intolerant.

"I support X, but only when it's my side doing it" is laughably #unprincipled.

#VivekRamaswamy describes being #transgender as a ‘#mentalhealth #disorder.

“The businessman made clear that he’s an #unprincipled #phony who’s willing to #cozyup to #authoritarian #regimes to make a #profit and #punchdown at #marginalized #constituencies to #win #applause.”

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/28/vivek-ramaswamy-trans-mental-health-disorder/