Fannie Mae-No Politics (FNMA)

[RumplePigSkin]

Rob / Guido -

Here is another item. Most likely SCOTUS has already voted on Collins and has already assigned a justice to write the majority opinion based on the typical SCOTUS timelines I’ve read. Now they need time to write the opinion along with all the other cases that need to be managed.

Isn’t this DOJ letter a dollar short and a day late if it wasn’t solicited by SCOTUS? Seems to me it could be the letter is to accurately represent the facts of the opinion (Jan 14th LA), in other words, was the DOJ letter solicited by SCOTUS to accurately state the most current record for the opinion? Not for the DOJ to send a letter after SCOTUS has probably already voted.

The DOJ letter seems to be too late for it to be unsolicited but who knows. It was March 18th, more than 3 months after oral arguments. SCOTUS has already made up their mind ... but again ... who knows ... maybe they haven’t...

How would the DOJ catch wind of an undecided SCOTUS? Could a DOJ letter really update a SCOTUS decision this late in the game? Was the letter written as just an easy attempt to sway the court if there was a small chance of success? The proverbial “why not” and “can’t hurt” angle ...?

This is why I think it was solicited in some way by SCOTUS ...