Moore to the Point – Anticipation – Opinion

Note: This “Moore to the Point” commentary aired on NewsTalkSTL on Tuesday, June 7th. You can also hear the audio below.

As a child of the 70s, when I hear the Carly Simon song “Anticipation,” I’m immediately reminded of the Heinz Ketchup commercial. The song did exist before the TV commercial, and it was very popular. But the Heinz Ketchup commercial was what really drilled me into the song.

Now that we’ve entered the month of June, each Monday (and occasionally on Wednesday or Thursday) at 10 am Eastern, the Supreme Court hands down its decisions. As of this week, there were 33 opinions left to be issued before the end of the Court’s term (typically, late June or early July).

This is the time of year that law geeks like myself anxiously look forward to – this year, though, with the leak of the draft Dobbs decision hinting at Roe v. Wade being overturned and a significant Second Amendment case out of New York on the docket, the stakes seem higher and the anticipation all the greater.

It was so that Monday morning I found myself glued to my computer’s live feed of the SCOTUS blog (While semi-listening to the weekly work meeting,) with Carly Simon’s voice crooning in my mind’s ear. Hey – if it was good enough for ketchup, it’s good enough for Supreme Court decisions, right?