Judge Jeffrey Sutton, who wrote the opinion for the Sixth Circuit, took up the not-ready argument, asking, "Who decides?" He meant the courts or the states, acting through their legislatures or ballot initiatives, which he called, echoing old states-rights arguments, "less expedient, but usually reliable".
Further, some conservatives are believed to be readying the argument that Hillary Clinton played a larger part in defending – or of even enabling – aspects of her husband's behavior.
The momentum of the Brexit vote, followed by Trump's election, has provided European populists with a ready-made argument for their own inevitability.
Most will also have a ready-made argument for why it was inevitable that Mitt Romney, or Barack Obama, won — displaying the sort of false, after-the-fact "foresight" that psychologists call hindsight bias.
It wasn't that I hadn't arrived at these considerations myself, but having them spelled out gave me a ready-made argument to present back to the "open road" advocate.
The key question, he argued, is, "How much is Caesar's?" As the Bush administration and the religious right fight to put theology more squarely into public policy discussions, they are going to have to be ready for arguments like the ones coming out of Alabama.
But with adequate funding, a candidate would be provided with a ready-made argument against his or her opponent: "I represent all the people while my opponent represents his or her funders".
Have all of your pro-baseball arguments ready for your debate.
Those campaigning for Britain to stay in the EU are also readying their arguments, with the In Campaign launching on Monday in London.
