Non sequitur

Do you really have to be a lawyer to see how silly this sentence is?

Federal Judge John G. Roberts Jr. told senators yesterday that laws restricting the government's power of eminent domain are legitimate, despite a landmark Supreme Court decision earlier this year that broadly expanded that authority.

Maybe -- maybe -- I'd accept that the general public might not follow the relationship between what the court does and what the legislature does, but I cannot accept that reporters and editors fail to understand it. It's an embarrassment.