give it up

the supreme court right now is surprisingly unpredictable, specifically in who votes how. that's a relief because for awhile it just seemed absurd when people would declare that political ideology wasn't (the most) important (factor). i vibe that it's roberts, kind of on a long-term program to re-establish the court as a neutral arbiter. scalia was always more interesting than people seemed to think, of course. sometimes there seems to be no telling, yet i'm betting if you sat down with him for awhile you'd find is a fierce consistency on his own account that is compelling.