The ongoing delay in SCOTUS issuing the Trump immunity decision is dampening my hope that the majority will consist of the liberals plus Roberts and one other "institutionalist" conservative (Gorsuch, Barrett). I say this bec. although it's still possible that the decision is just a hot mess of concurrences and dissents with fluid lines that's merely taking time to nail down, the only really hard and fast rule is that "[a] majority of Justices must agree to all of the contents of the Court's opinion before it is publicly delivered." Delaying issuance helps Trump; only a member of the opinion's majority can delay its issuance; so it's likely that one of Trump's enablers is joining the majority opinion, ie, that the majority opinion is more MAGA-y than we would hope.
I hope I'm wrong.
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