Everything looks worse... in black and white.

“It is not often in the law that so few have so quickly changed so much,” Justice Breyer said.
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“If our history has taught us anything,” Justice Thomas said, “it has taught us to beware of elites bearing racial theories.” He added in a footnote,

“Justice Breyer’s good intentions, which I do not doubt, have the shelf life of Justice Breyer’s tenure.”

*cue spooky music*

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I know what Justice Breyer is getting at, but to me and most folks not set to the glacial pace of legal time, things won't seem to be moving so fast at all. The consequences in days to come... sure. But this is really a change in direction, a shift in where we're heading, don't be expecting a great burst of speed any time soon.

(It's) Smooth in a sense because we can all see it coming -- nothing sudden about it. Like on other supposedly set legal rights, we're aiming at different shores now. Chief Justice Roberts has plenty of time, no need to be so abrasive or hurried like Justice Scalia. Better to slowly wear away as the issue is mentally rubbed to a fine polish. His logic, say what you will, is impeccable on paper. The case construction he's built on this one is solid, and will hold. He's Jesuit trained, and no doubt commands a crop of the finest young legal minds as clerks as apprentices. It's almost art, folks.

Justice Kennedy here is the limiting hand, similar to the role played by Justice Alito in Morse, assuring us for the time being the majority understands that there are always greys.

And turning about takes time.