A Strategy of Confusion - The Atlantic

…But the superficial proceduralism and ideological fanaticism of the Court's unaccountable majority enables the conservative justices to allow what they want and bar what they don't, while claiming that some legal technicality has dictated the result. 

The Court's approach is ideal for hiding a radical result behind a veneer of propriety. But there's no need for the public to be confused about what's happening here…

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/09/republicans-strategy-confusion/620029/