Manor Care Inc. v. Tom Douglas

I am not surprised that the majority attempts to hide its shockingly result-oriented analysis in a seventy-two page tome. Unfortunately for the majority, the fractured vote of this Court casts a glaring spotlight on the startlingly misguided reasoning employed throughout. Justice Sandra Day O’Connor wrote that “[ijndeed, the point of ... the law in general-is to allow citizens to order their behavior. A State can have no legitimate interest in deliberately making the law so arbitrary that citizens will be unable to avoid punishment based solely upon bias or whim.” Pacific Mut. Life Ins. Co.…