June 19 was a big day for Simon Tam. It was the day the musician and his lawyers at Archer persuaded the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down a law banning disparaging trademarks.

It was also the lone bright spot of the 2016 term for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Judge Kimberly Moore and eight other judges correctly anticipated the Supreme Court’s holding that the ban amounted to viewpoint discrimination.