I was not impressed with the attorneys arguing for the Stay.
Seemed to me they were glaringly unprepared and unable to rebut Kagan and Sotomayor even when they were spewing obvious BS.
The whole thing was a sad embarrassment on both sides.
From the little that I read, I would agree with you. The plaintiffs’ attorneys under-performed, and did not use the best arguments. Frankly, I don’t think they care because they did not act like it. Let’s hope their briefs are better than their oral arguments and at least one of the three (Cave-in-naugh, ACB, and snake Roberts) are persuaded.
Because it is well-known that party-loyalist Kagan, leftist Souter and the wise Latina are going to do whatever the demonkkkraps’ and major media’s position is, attorney needs to be very pointed and short in responding. Nothing attorney says will convince them. And Attorney’s oral argument time is limited. When the wise latina started spouting false facts, all a PREPARED attorney would have to say is “With all due respect Mdm Justice, that isn’t in the record.” and then move on. It never ceases to amaze me how many attorneys do not know their case.