Fair point from a reader (I was merely trying to engage Calabresi’s argument on its own terms):

C’mon Jonah! Extra-judicial means? The Supreme Court of the United States “intervened” when a lower court clearly contravened law, convention and the Constitution of Florida. The Supreme Court did nothing, except enforce
status quo. Fie on even allowing that much of the judge’s argument. (I agree with everything else you said, though.)