Strict Scrutiny A Court of Drugs and Guns
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Mar 9, 2026 
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Frat Boy Founders Hypotheticals At Oral Argument
- Justices indulged in founding-era drinking hypotheticals, with Neil Gorsuch quizzing the SG on what 'hammered' meant historically.
- Hosts likened the exchange to frat-boy originalism, noting references to Adams, Madison, and Jefferson's drinking.
Drug Hypotheticals Shaped Vagueness Debate
- The Hemani argument turned into a drug catalog where justices invoked specific substances (Ambien, Adderall, ayahuasca, meth/fentanyl) to test statutory scope.
- That granular questioning revealed justices' personal familiarity and shaped vagueness and scope concerns.
Shadow Docket Paused Racially Remedial Maps
- The Court's unexplained shadow-docket stay in a New York redistricting case signals selective intervention favoring incumbents and undermines Purcell's consistency.
- Justice Alito's concurrence labels race-conscious remedial districts as 'unadorned racial discrimination,' threatening Voting Rights precedents.
