On: The Supreme Court Made Just About Everyone Happy for Once

[bpodgursky]

I don't think the defendant or prosecutor deserves a punishment, but the lower court that made such an egregiously wrong call needs to be corrected somehow.

They are passing problems upstream and making the SC waste time setting precedent on cases that should be blindingly obvious.

[dehrmann → bpodgursky]

> I don't think the defendant or prosecutor deserves a punishment

The attorneys on the losing side might be the most "guilty" because they should have known better.

[Ancapistani → bpodgursky]

I’d say it depends on context.

If the lower court ruled based on precedent - even if it was misapplied - then they’re doing what’s expected of them.