Not inexplicable when you realize that last cycle’s really progressive gubernatorial candidate, Heather Mizeur, has been going around telling her supporters to vote for van Hollen

He’s still a garbage judge, and you’re going to hear people say “even the liberal 9th circuit” and it’s always good to get ahead of that

Just wanna point out that the opinion is written by Jay Bybee, who wrote the torture memos during the Bush administration.