Roberts surely also realizes the Alito position is absurd. He cares deeply about judicial restraint, another Scalian principle that is increasingly ignored by activist conservatives.

Since Frenchmen are so braid, / Marry that will, I live and die a maid.

A neutrally buoyant diver does not need to fin to maintain depth.

It may be presumed to be a necessary ingredient in onerosity, that the obligation to be fulfilled is a legal one.