The Constitution, Federalist Papers, statutory law and circumstances at the Founding are 95% of what a judge needs. Most everything else is just opinion and gloss. The "clever" ones like Roberts can save Obamacare by calling it a tax or try to mind-read both legislative intent to future events never actually considered (Gorsuch on trans-genderism) or even executive intent which normally not even subject to judicial second guessing. (Roberts on DACA)
Another "shotgun blast" was denial of cert on CA patriots and SoCal cities fighting to uphold federal law v. CA sanctuary madness and refusal to cooperate with ICE -- a Federal agency maintaining rule of law v. illegals. If the justices could momentarily drain their head of snot, they might have realized they just stuck patriot towns like Los Alamitos with crippling attorney fees for supporting POTUS on sanctuary cities.
"Out of touch" or "too much in touch" are different sides of the same SCOTUS coin. Only experience and good judgment based on fidelity to the certainty of original intent can save SCOTUS from the fatal poison of substituting judicial intent for the intent of We the People through our ELECTED representatives.
Dem appointments are bound together in their belief the Constitution is merely advisory, rather than the BEDROCK of freedom, liberty, the common good and and therefore HAPPINESS.
The moment the "sharps" think they know better than the Founders is the moment they run off the rails. Call it FDS - Founders Derangement Syndrome," which often is experienced with or exacerbated by TDS.
Jay Sekulow comes to mind as a replacement for any one of the Clinton Obama appointments. He understands the Constitution and has litigated and won many cases.
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Any old fart off the street with common sense would be better than Roberts.