So, tomorrow the Supreme Court will take up the case against the PCOS machines. Based on what little I know about the Court does it’s business, I’m assuming that [a] the assigned writer – or ponente – has already written the decision which has probably been circulated for concurrence or dissent by the other Justices; and that [b] tomorrow’s discussion will center on the finalization of the main decision.
Now if the majority agree with the ponente’s draft, then that’ll be promulgated as the main decision on the case. If that’s the case, then the Court’s spokesman – assuming they will persist in MM’s practice of announcing the decision first and only later on releasing the actual hard copy – will have some very interesting news to deliver.
If, on the other hand, the majority dissented, then one of the dissenters will be chosen to write the new main decision, in which case, the spokesman will probably NOT announce anything other than the date on which the main decision will be released.
In either case, I hope the decision – good or bad – gets announced tomorrow. If favorable, then great. If not, then its a good thing for it to be announced early so we can immediately re-tool.
Personally, and primarily because it’ll make educating people easier and thus, drastically reduce the incidence of voter error to a minimum, I hope the decision will be favorable.