Reading the headline coverage of today’s Supreme decisions, I was ready to get excited. I’m NOT excited by the FB/Twitter decision, which is just a straightforward and accurate reading of the constitution. The Supremes are doing their proper job for once.
I wanted to get excited by a headline saying that the Supremes have canceled the bankruptcy settlement of Purdue, the maker of opioids. That’s outrageous and genuinely outside of the court’s duties! It will ruin efforts to use the settlement money to assist the addicts! Most of those efforts are pointless but some may accidentally be helpful.
Then I paused and read BBC’s article. The Supremes didn’t halt the settlement at all, they only said that the settlement can’t exempt the Sackler family from personal liability. This won’t halt the money and might end up adding more money to the payout.
Cancel excitement!
Later, Unsurprisingly, Sohrab Ahmari also caught the proper importance of this decision.
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