Miguel Estrada proved his mettle today. In the morning, during the closing moments of arguments in Coventry Health Care of Mo. v. Nevils, he trolled the Chief Justice about his saving construction in NFIB v. Sebelius.
In the afternoon, he rebuffed reports that he was in contention for the Solicitor General seat with glaring dig at Chuck Schumer:
If Miguel tweaks Trump’s speech over dinner, he will have hit all three branches in 24 hours!