... he is superstitious grown of late Quite from
the main opinion he held once Of fantasies, of dreams, and ceremonies.
I was listening to 538 podcast about shutdown end, and they made it sound like their opinion is that on balance, Democrats didn't really win anything meaningful (compared to not having started shutdown)(leaving aside
their main opinion that shutdowns don't really seem to matter much in the big scheme of political things long term).
Writing separately to explain why he is «dubitante» about the panel's
main opinion, Judge Daniel Friedman (sitting by designation) explains that» [a] lthough I agree that the writ should issue, I am concerned about the seemingly broad sweep of the opinion.»
The main opinion, by Judge Richard Posner, is most interesting for its liberal citation to online sources not in the record — and for addressing directly the objection's to this practice.
In addition to
the main opinion written by Justice Kennedy, three separate opinions were also filed.
Justice Stevens, joined by Justices Breyer, Ginsburg, and Sotomayor, dissented from
the main opinion's finding that portion of BCRA was unconstitutional but concurred in the upholding of the disclosure and disclaimer provisions.
Justice Thomas authored an opinion concurring with
the main opinion but dissented on the upholding of the disclaimer and disclosure rules.