There are 6 conservatives. Why was it 5-4?
It wasn’t. It was 5-1-3.
there might be something to the theory that Roberts leaked the decision
Everyone who says that this decision falls squarely at the feet of Trump is right.
It wasnt. It was 5-1-3.
Thank you for that most excellent play on numbers on account of the wobbly chief justice. Funny how it all works out in the weirdest ways...
513 =
• The first 5 letters of the Torah (the "in my head" b'roshi בראשי of Bereshith בראשית)
• The famous Chanukah saying, "A great miracle happened there" (nes gadol haya sham: נס גדול היה שם)
• Immanuel [עמנו-אל] spelled out in full (the sum of the letter names: עין מם נון וו אלף למד)
• "According to the time of life" (ka'et chayah: כעת חיה)*
*occurs four times in two places:
Gen 18
10 And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life [כעת חיה]; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.
11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
13 And the Lord said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
14 Is any thing too hard for the Lord? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life [כעת חיה], and Sarah shall have a son.
What next? Christmas in July? ☺2 Kings 4
16 And he said, About this season, according to the time of life [כעת חיה], thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.
17 And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life [כעת חיה].