MORE CRITICISM OF THAT DAHLIA LITHWICK / BARRY FRIEDMAN PIECE ON THE SUPREME COURT:

Lithwick and Friedman also claim that Roberts used the sawed lady trick in the Court’s recent Second Amendment cases. As they put it, “A core of left-wing intellectuals joined hands with the right in supporting the gun-rights decisions in Heller and McDonald. They thus contributed to the sense that these decisions were acceptable to liberals.” It’s worth noting that this “core of left-wing intellectuals” who believe that the Second Amendment protects an individual right includes some of the country’s foremost liberal legal scholars, including Laurence Tribe, Akhil Reed Amar, and Michael Kent Curtis. The idea of these three serving as props for a conservative “illusion” is laughable.

And what about all those big liberal victories the Court has handed down since Roberts was sworn in? Poof! Lithwick and Friedman made them disappear from their article.

It’s all done with mirrors.