Even if they are ideological, they are not usually political hacks (cough Thomas cough). Honestly though, for as much flak as this current court gets, there is

Even if they are ideological, they are not usually political hacks (cough Thomas cough). Honestly though, for as much flak as this current court gets, there is at least a certain consistency where they at least mostly stick to arguments about the letter of the law. In previous courts you would see some truly wild written arguments about how, like, a specific word in the Commerce Clause or whatever could mean whatever you wanted it to.