An unusual retort to a dissent from the bench (opens in new tab)

Next week, what is being billed as the biggest fireworks show ever in Washington, D\.C\., will help celebrate the nation’s 250th birthday\. Yet the Supreme Court will offer its own pyrotechnics this morning with a dramatic and possibly unprecedented rebuttal by a majority opinion author to an impassioned dissent from the bench\. But first, after being out of town and missing Tuesday’s session, I arrive at the court this morning and decide to check the cafeteria menu, in case a lengthy opinion...