Most of the time, the Supreme Court is highly predictable.

And most of the time, it actually doesn't rule "right/left".

Which is why nobody who knows anything about the law is, or should be, surprised by the recent ruling on Native American adoptions.

In order to express surprise, you have to be a legal pundit who doesn't practice law, like Nena Totenberg.

And this is also why nobody thinks that the Court is going to adopt the "independent state legislature theory".

That'll probably be a nine to nothing ruling, in spite of people like Robert Reich running around the streets declaring that the sky is falling, and Justice Thomas is a baddy.

Also, most of the time, the Court doesn't get any credit for being predictable, rational, and even boring.

What fun would that be, after all?