Me, talking faster: The decision vacates the lower court’s judgment, remands the case back to it, instructing it to determine a value for pi “consistent with Loper Bright”.
Dawn disappears around the corner. (4/6)
Me, talking faster: The decision vacates the lower court’s judgment, remands the case back to it, instructing it to determine a value for pi “consistent with Loper Bright”.
Dawn disappears around the corner. (4/6)
Me, following her: In a concurrence, Alito suggests the value 3.16159, which he memorized in middle school. In a separate concurrence, Thomas, in a literature review of contemporaneous math texts, points out that, at the time of the Founding, the most precise value for pi reported was 3.1415926535897932384 and suggests that if that was good enough for James Madison, it’s good enough for us.
Me: falls silent, waiting for a reaction.
Dawn: Oh. (5/6)
Me: Anyway, that’s how I spent my morning.
Dawn: I took a shower. (Somehow she does not give the impression that I spent my time better than she did.)
Me, desperately: I’m still working on Kagan’s dissent.
Dawn, brightly: I’m looking forward to it! (6/6)
(hat tip @billseitz, who inspired this… thing.)