Can we absolutely rule out the possibility that there’s an element of rank incompetence at play here?

Six expert judges are all incompetent? Their ambiguity is very purposeful.

Hanson’s Razor (“never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by incompetence”) but I’d personally prefer a secret, third choice of malicious incompetence

Look, these Justices all know the founding fathers specifically invented limited government divided into three branches as checks on one another because men are not angels al la Madison. The Senate gave up their check by choosing not to convict. Now SCOTUS is officially undoing the legal check.