Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt......Abe Lincoln..........
Also attributed to Mark Twain and Ralph Waldo Emerson.
There is no reason to ask questions if the Constitutional issue is clear cut from the beginning. It is not like the written arguments don’t cover every possible base.
In reading the comments of most Justices, it appears that they are mainly intended to create the illusion that they are great moral arbitrators, when in fact, they are only intended to rule on the law.