For it to be insider trading, he would have had to have access to private information from the Supreme Court, which seems unlikely.

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jacquesm a day ago | parent | next [-]

Why is that unlikely? It would seem to be a very easy thing to accomplish. For instance, he could just ask.

	▲	gruez a day ago \| parent [-]
		>For instance, he could just ask. Or just pay attention to the oral arguments. The justices seemed very skeptical of the Trump administration, and betting markets reacted accordingly.

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seanmcdirmid a day ago | parent | prev [-]

They could have used inside government legal analysis that other people didnt have. You could have predicted this with higher certainty if you knew the justices well enough.

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NetMageSCW a day ago | parent [-]

Coulda woulda shoulda.

They could have just been smarter than average and found an angle others didn’t see that paid off for them.

	▲	seanmcdirmid a day ago \| parent [-]
		Ya, that's why this will be impossible to show off as insider trading.