To many, the Alito leak is a real-world threat to stare decisis, gay marriage, the use of contraception, an emblematic example of the problem of the Court being a counter-majoritarian problem, etc. But none of that stuff matters — you’ve got a final coming up!
I’m sure my ConLaw outline dated May 1992 speaks to this.
The real question that may be weighing on your heart is how will this real-world threat to stare decisis, gay marriage, the use of contraception, and emblematic example of the court being a counter-majoritarian problem affect my IRACing on the final? Will the professor specify if the question happens in a pre- or post-Dobbs world?
… Does this impact Wickard?
Does this impact Wickard?!
I’m sure it does but how?! He was growing wheat for Christ’s sake!
I don’t have the answers for you (hell, the professor likely won’t either), but I do have a small assurance: the curve. Your cohort will be as lost on this question as you are — how could they not be — which means that in this respect, you are all on equal ground. So try to bracket the leak and concern yourself with the things that are most likely to be on the exam, namely the crap your professor has been talking about the last few months. Know your Tinker v. Des Moines and that one New York v. New Jersey Ellis Island case or whatever your specific professor likes to harp on. When you’re caught in a whirlwind, just try to take a few deep breaths and find some perspective.
You’ve got this. And I hope you’ve got the commerce clause. Please have the commerce clause down. I’m begging you. Don’t be like me.
Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord™ in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s. He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who cannot swim, a published author on critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at cwilliams@abovethelaw.com and by tweet at @WritesForRent.
