Oh, I am with you on the fading reliance of Roberts, Kavanaugh, and ACB, in that order, to be true to the Constitution. Obviously, the three leftists are not even up for debate and Alito, Thomas, and Gorsuch, in that order, are “safe.”
There is also the issue of the area of law. Like I wrote, the “conservative 6” seems pretty steadfast in their individual vs collective view of the 2nd Amendment. Per the one article to which I linked, between 2020- 2023 when ACB sided with 2 or more liberals, “These cases share common themes, in resolving disputes over regulatory and administrative law, economic regulation, state-federal authority conflicts, and taxation.”
When Roe was overturned, many people (rightly) cheered that Trump’s appointees voted appropriately. What was somewhat lost was that Roberts, while siding with the 6-3 majority on Dobbs, technically, didn’t vote to overturn Roe. His concurring opinion said, basically, “I am ok with reversing the Fifth Circuit in this case but we didn’t need to overturn Roe-that wasn’t before us.”
So, to be clear (and to be fair, since you’ve been fair), I am never convinced that we are in the clear on ANYTHING. Except The Holy Trinity. But following the data, while Roberts, Kavanaugh, and ACB are slouching away from originality, they remain “conservative” as a whole and pretty solid on the 2nd Amendment. Which, in an article titled “Finally: the Supreme Court will decide if common guns are really common - Is the very common AR-15 really common?” was a pretty important point of investigation.
But I wouldn’t bet on them.
Thank you for a cogent discussion. Be well.
We’re on the same page here. Like you, I’m hoping for the 6-3 win for the Constitution.