I'm not saying anything about the ruling, just the general properties of arguments. An argument such as "The moon is made of cheddar cheese, and cheddar cheese

I'm not saying anything about the ruling, just the general properties of arguments. An argument such as "The moon is made of cheddar cheese, and cheddar cheese is yellow, therefore the moon is yellow" is perfectly sound, invalid though it may be. You had mentioned "If one is in favor of government power over the Constitutional rights of individual citizens, then I guess it makes some kind of sense". That has to do with whether the argument is valid, not whether it is sound. That was the object of my comment.