“Are you showing contempt for this court?” “No, I’m doing my best to hide it.” Mae West might get away with that attitude but Kentucky clerk Kim Davis can’t, as I explain in my (revised and expanded from last night’s post here) post at Cato. First paragraph:
Across the political landscape this morning, people on one side are discovering that lawlessness is bad, while people on the other are discovering that the machinery of our justice system is harsh. If experience is any guide, these lessons will last a lunchtime.
Whole thing here.
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The Supreme Court is lawless. That the machinery of government chooses to enforce that lawlessness will not, ultimately, bode well for those of us who want a free society in which the people may govern themselves.
Ms. Davis is not a sympathetic character—but perhaps, just perhaps the victims of an appalling decision like Zavydas v. Davis evoke more sympathy.
“Are you showing contempt for this court?”
“Contempt? Don’t flatter yourself.”