Oral Arguments

I got to attend the Gonzales v. Oregon arguments today. No commentary on the case here. Sorry. I just wanted to say that the lawyer for Oregon was just bad. He didn't have answers for pretty obvious questions. He was easily led astray by hypotheticals. He couldn't seize on an easy, even helpful question, when one was offered. Now, I'm sure that arguing before the Court is stressful, but it was like he didn't have a plan.

Based on the questions, my sense is that Oregon loses. (That's not too much of a stretch, predicting that the Ninth Circuit will get reversed.)