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Either way they and their families will be in for a lot of attention, most of it not good. We already know Roberts lacks a backbone, Sotomayor and Kagan will side with libs and each other and Breyer usually, but not always, leans liberal. Thomas, Alito and the Trump appointees are constructionists. Both Democrats and Republicans are going to apply pressure if they haven't already.
People without any experience in lawsuits or not been involved in a number of them don't realize how crazy the politics involved can get. A good friend of mine is owed about $300,000 from Universal music for a couple of years. He can't get a single lawyer to take the case. The problem is that half the lawyers here in NYC are on retainer for Universal and can't take it, the other half looked at my friend's case and said it's airtight - he'll win easily and that's the problem. There's not a single lawyer here who wants to actually win against Universal. One of them told my friend outright, "I can win this case for you but I'll never work again. Universal will have me blacklisted like you wouldn't believe once I beat them".
Not really suggesting the SCOTUS case can be like that, but just that I've learned the hard way, after being involved in a lot of lawsuits as a musician, that there's always a lot of politics at play even when it's not actual politics, and that you can't just assume anything. You have to be ready to counter from any direction.