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Then, feigning originalism in Dobbs, they vitiated Equal Protection, elevating the legal rights of zygotes over those of living, breathing women, citing 12th-century mores when men like Alito burned women like me at the stake.

And, especially relevant to Edelman in this case: Is it vitiated by bad motives?

The seizure supposedly vitiated his argument for ownership, which was: If the cash is not my money, whose is it?

PBS SoCal does not value its own programs by vitiating the viewer’s experience.

Giving that up, Professor Bale said, would vitiate the ideological rationale of her government and potentially turn her into a lame-duck leader until the next election, which she will have to call by early 2025.