Subject: Re: Origin of the shadow docket
From the comments:

Lawyer here. I am outraged to find out how partisan Justice Roberts is behind closed doors acting in his official — supposedly neutral — position as a Supreme Court justice. The justices of the past decade have made their politics rather obvious, but to find out how blatantly they were wielding their authority to block President Obama, who was democratically elected, and ARE wielding it to assist Trump, is enraging. They are destroying the judicial branch of our government. After reading this I lay much more blame for the divisions in our country and the destruction we are witnessing at the feet of the right wing of the Supreme Court.

This is incredibly important news that goes to the very fabric of our democracy. I hope that bringing these memos to light generates the outrage the Court deserves. I’m sure the lower federal court judges are shocked to their cores to learn how little the Court cares for their well-reasoned decisions of the past 15 months. This will really rock our judicial system.

Yep.

What struck me most was this line in a Roberts’ memo:
“Speed was vital, he said, because environmental regulation was going to be very expensive for states and the power industry. The sums involved could approach $480 billion, he asserted, and industry groups would have to start preparations immediately.”
In my opinion, Roberts here is clearly repeating what lobbyists from the industry have told him.

And it also strikes me how he says “it would be the most expensive regulation ever imposed on the power sector,” and too big, costly and consequential for the court not to act immediately.”
We are talking here about the most consequential and urgent crisis our planet is facing, and we have known that for decades, and a few justices find the impact on industry more urgent.
And here we are: floods, hurricanes, warming seas.


and...Yep.