In spite of the obvious philosophical differences between the justices on the Supreme Court, they issued two unanimous decisions today. The first threw out the Bridgegate convictions stating that the actions were not a federal violation. It was basically an indication that they thought the prosecution was a political hit job.

The second unanimous decision threw out a decision from the Ninth Circuit, which has been a far left court for decades although Trump has appointed several judges and may well turn it around and has refused to let senators like Feinstein have a veto which is driving them crazy, which brought in their own experts to get what they wanted on the record.

Now as you know if you follow my rants, I have argued two cases before US Circuit Courts of AppeAl. The process is that the record from the trial court or agency decision is certified and presented to the court along with briefs from both sides and in a few cases of national import maybe briefs from organizations who petition to file what are called amicus curie or friend of the court briefs.

In the case at issue which concerned immigration, the Ninth Circuit had non parties put in what they wanted so they could overturn the convictions. The Supremes said that that was outside the boundaries of their discretion. And it clearly was. So good on the Supremes for casting aside differences and upholding the rule of law.