We agree on that, then. Sorry if I came across belligerent or vain.
You said, "My astonishment was not with the arguments of the left: it was with the contortions of the the Supreme Court justices". My thought was that since you were astonished by a [mental] contortion, you must have expected reason instead of a contortion. I misunderstood something; it happens to me often.
Apology accepted; thank you kindly. FReep on!