Remember that old bumper sticker that said "Lobotomies for Republicans. It's the law."? I used to have one until my husband took it off our car during a roadtrip to the South. He was afraid we'd be arrested, irony notwithstanding.
Anyway, the bumper sticker made fun of Republicans' seeming reverence for the law above all else, as in law abiding, non-drug using, speed limit following, etc. etc., citizens.
Well, now that the courts have seen fit to interpret the law in a way Republicans (some Republicans) don't like, suddenly "the law" isn't to be revered after all. The courts are merely meddlesome, not binding.
Especially if the judge sitting in the court was appointed by or in any way has connections to Democrats.
"Lobotomies for Republicans" indeed. Seems they've lost part of their brains, the part that realizes that their own cherished adherence to the law has been partisanized. The result is a blind clamor for lawbreaking, a deafness to the notion that the constitution is not a partisan document.
"It's the law" just doesn't have the same ring to it after it's been parsed: Support the Republican president, even when he breaks the law. (Even when his very election involved breaking the law that guarantees certain citizens the right to vote.)
Insist that Democratic judges are not to be obeyed only at your own peril: that dog won't hunt for long, as they paraphrase in Texas.
Can lobotomies be undone? Because a mind is indeed a terrible thing to waste.
