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Some good new Sotomayor transcript gems from yesterday

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  03/21/18
I'm fairly sophisticated I'm fairly sophisticated I'm fair...
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Light electric trust fund
  03/21/18
Read that as "It's fairly sophisticated" the first...
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  03/21/18
Was this part of the record or, as Kennedy implied, did she ...
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  03/21/18
did her own research as far as I can tell
Razzle-dazzle voyeur coldplay fan
  03/21/18
Ends justify the means with libs They will never criticiz...
Dead immigrant
  03/21/18
Not to defend TWL, but appellate judges do this kind of shit...
Splenetic parlour friendly grandma
  03/21/18
But Posner is a POS judge.
floppy flickering step-uncle's house
  03/21/18
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Navy Mind-boggling Hospital Wagecucks
  03/21/18
While it is true judges frequently break the rules, it doesn...
Carnelian fighting mexican clown
  03/21/18
Whether it breaks the rules depends on the circumstances tho...
Splenetic parlour friendly grandma
  03/21/18
I wasn't giving a view on the propriety of Sotomayor's resea...
Carnelian fighting mexican clown
  03/21/18
There is no guarantee that the ad she looked at is the ad at...
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  03/21/18
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Both are wrong.
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there was a case about how long it took union members to put...
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  03/22/18
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  03/22/18
#MeTwink
exhilarant brethren hairy legs
  03/22/18
fucking garbage. He also reversed a case on the medical stan...
Bateful impressive locale water buffalo
  03/22/18
almost certainly the news stories about Posner and his publi...
exhilarant brethren hairy legs
  03/22/18
lol
vermilion aromatic senate
  03/22/18
Going outside the record is some bullshit.
floppy flickering step-uncle's house
  03/21/18
Yeah. This includes the frequent refs you see to social scie...
Carnelian fighting mexican clown
  03/21/18
I don't mind when trial judges bring factual shit up sua spo...
floppy flickering step-uncle's house
  03/21/18
Thugs in black robes, etc.
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http://www.abajournal.com/images/main_images/FO_478_FINAL_12...
exhilarant brethren hairy legs
  03/22/18
Roberts barely concealing his contempt for the Wise Latina
racy sinister filthpig
  03/21/18
If a freaking CJOTUSSC is willing to talk like that on the r...
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  03/22/18
oh what an exemplary. such anathema.
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  03/21/18
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citrine indecent pisswyrm haunted graveyard
  03/21/18
Lol @ the man who premised his Citizens United opinion on an...
Filthy seedy state juggernaut
  03/21/18
Those are two unrelated things, and they had reargument on t...
floppy flickering step-uncle's house
  03/21/18
More egregious to raise an unbriefed issue than to refer to ...
Filthy seedy state juggernaut
  03/21/18
Kennedy is absolutely TTT, but if there is an actual disposi...
floppy flickering step-uncle's house
  03/21/18
Usually SCOTUS says "we avoid broad constitutional ruli...
Filthy seedy state juggernaut
  03/21/18
You can't allow retarded attorneys and technical waiver rule...
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exhilarant brethren hairy legs
  03/22/18
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I don't understand. None of this is about working at Nordstr...
ruby forum codepig
  03/21/18
PRORE TERR: calling it Nordstrom's instead of the correct No...
iridescent medicated useless brakes
  03/21/18
Lmao
Violent stag film kitty cat
  03/21/18
Sotomayor is like some kind of sick joke, derailing SCOTUS ...
Soul-stirring cordovan therapy son of senegal
  03/21/18
Thomas, J., laying down the law: https://www.youtube.com/...
Navy Mind-boggling Hospital Wagecucks
  03/21/18
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  03/22/18
Pure pwnage by Kennedy.
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Date: March 21st, 2018 5:43 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle voyeur coldplay fan



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924914&forum_id=2#35655201)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 5:44 PM
Author: iridescent medicated useless brakes

I'm fairly sophisticated

I'm fairly sophisticated

I'm fairly sophisticated

I'm fairly sophisticated

I'm fairly sophisticated

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924914&forum_id=2#35655208)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 5:45 PM
Author: Light electric trust fund



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924914&forum_id=2#35655215)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 6:42 PM
Author: Slate trip plaza genital piercing

Read that as "It's fairly sophisticated" the first time

LOL

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924914&forum_id=2#35655756)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 6:45 PM
Author: Violent stag film kitty cat



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924914&forum_id=2#35655795)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 5:46 PM
Author: anal boyish kitchen bbw

Was this part of the record or, as Kennedy implied, did she do her own research? JFC libs explain yourselves.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924914&forum_id=2#35655225)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 5:46 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle voyeur coldplay fan

did her own research as far as I can tell

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924914&forum_id=2#35655231)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 5:50 PM
Author: Dead immigrant

Ends justify the means with libs

They will never criticize her as long as she’s a safe lefty vote

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924914&forum_id=2#35655273)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 6:24 PM
Author: Splenetic parlour friendly grandma

Not to defend TWL, but appellate judges do this kind of shit all the time. Including reptiles, including at SCOTUS. Amicus briefs exist to give the Court a citable source for claims well outside the record even though there is no check on those briefs' accuracy. At the COA level, Posner actively advocated for judges doing their own factual research.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924914&forum_id=2#35655583)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 6:34 PM
Author: floppy flickering step-uncle's house

But Posner is a POS judge.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924914&forum_id=2#35655688)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 6:45 PM
Author: Navy Mind-boggling Hospital Wagecucks



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924914&forum_id=2#35655790)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 6:36 PM
Author: Carnelian fighting mexican clown

While it is true judges frequently break the rules, it doesn't make me feel better about it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924914&forum_id=2#35655702)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 6:43 PM
Author: Splenetic parlour friendly grandma

Whether it breaks the rules depends on the circumstances though. There is a difference between visiting a crime scene to discount eye-witness testimony and going to a website to look at an ad that is at issue in the case. I don't know enough about this case to say whether the information Soto got online was improper or not. There are arguments dating back nearly a century (maybe longer) about what kind of extra-record factual info appellate courts can properly consider.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924914&forum_id=2#35655769)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 6:47 PM
Author: Carnelian fighting mexican clown

I wasn't giving a view on the propriety of Sotomayor's research here.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924914&forum_id=2#35655811)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 6:50 PM
Author: floppy flickering step-uncle's house

There is no guarantee that the ad she looked at is the ad at issue in the case, though. People change their websites. If the ad is *actually* at issue in the case, it will be in the record.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924914&forum_id=2#35655838)



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Date: October 7th, 2021 2:38 PM
Author: arousing bespoke background story



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924914&forum_id=2#43237122)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 6:56 PM
Author: 180 ultramarine candlestick maker pocket flask

Both are wrong.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924914&forum_id=2#35655910)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 9:43 AM
Author: exhilarant brethren hairy legs

there was a case about how long it took union members to put on and take off their clothes/uniforms. Posner had his clerks do it and Posner timed them.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924914&forum_id=2#35660157)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 9:45 AM
Author: citrine indecent pisswyrm haunted graveyard



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924914&forum_id=2#35660171)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 10:34 AM
Author: exhilarant brethren hairy legs

#MeTwink

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924914&forum_id=2#35660502)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 9:51 AM
Author: Bateful impressive locale water buffalo

fucking garbage. He also reversed a case on the medical standard of care based on what he found on the Mayo Clinic website

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924914&forum_id=2#35660215)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 10:35 AM
Author: exhilarant brethren hairy legs

almost certainly the news stories about Posner and his public comments were a major reason the ABA issued that new opinion.

also, the MSM are saying that no one batted an eye when Roberts did what Soto just got slapped for. true. but since the Roberts thing, the new opinion came out and all the judges were educated about it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924914&forum_id=2#35660515)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 10:55 AM
Author: vermilion aromatic senate

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924914&forum_id=2#35660638)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 6:33 PM
Author: floppy flickering step-uncle's house

Going outside the record is some bullshit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924914&forum_id=2#35655673)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 6:38 PM
Author: Carnelian fighting mexican clown

Yeah. This includes the frequent refs you see to social science crap since the Brandeis brief, in my view - but as to plainly adjudicative facts, wtf

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924914&forum_id=2#35655722)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 6:52 PM
Author: floppy flickering step-uncle's house

I don't mind when trial judges bring factual shit up sua sponte, as long as they give you an opportunity to address it with your own evidence, but once the evidentiary record is fixed it's even worse. This isn't "judicial notice" type of stuff.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924914&forum_id=2#35655863)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 6:57 PM
Author: 180 ultramarine candlestick maker pocket flask

Thugs in black robes, etc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924914&forum_id=2#35655916)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 9:41 AM
Author: exhilarant brethren hairy legs

http://www.abajournal.com/images/main_images/FO_478_FINAL_12_07_17.pdf

Formal Opinion 478 December 8, 2017

Independent Factual Research by Judges Via the Internet

Easy access to a vast amount of information available on the Internet exposes judges to potential ethical problems. Judges risk violating the Model Code of Judicial Conduct by searching the Internet for information related to participants or facts in a proceeding. Independent investigation of adjudicative facts generally is prohibited unless the information is properly subject to judicial notice. The restriction on independent investigation includes individuals subject to the judge’s direction and control. 1

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924914&forum_id=2#35660148)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 5:47 PM
Author: racy sinister filthpig

Roberts barely concealing his contempt for the Wise Latina

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924914&forum_id=2#35655241)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 10:37 AM
Author: primrose skinny woman azn

If a freaking CJOTUSSC is willing to talk like that on the record you can imagine how bad it is behind closed doors.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924914&forum_id=2#35660526)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 5:50 PM
Author: Tantric piazza keepsake machete

oh what an exemplary. such anathema.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924914&forum_id=2#35655278)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 6:43 PM
Author: fluffy maize church building



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924914&forum_id=2#35655771)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 5:52 PM
Author: citrine indecent pisswyrm haunted graveyard



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924914&forum_id=2#35655296)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 6:31 PM
Author: Filthy seedy state juggernaut

Lol @ the man who premised his Citizens United opinion on an issue no one raised or briefed lecturing someone else for looking "outside the record."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924914&forum_id=2#35655646)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 6:35 PM
Author: floppy flickering step-uncle's house

Those are two unrelated things, and they had reargument on that issue, right?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924914&forum_id=2#35655697)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 6:39 PM
Author: Filthy seedy state juggernaut

More egregious to raise an unbriefed issue than to refer to publicly available tangential facts outside the record during oral argument. Apparently waiver rules mean nothing if Kennedy wants to write a TTT opinion. And I agree with scalia that Kennedy is TTT.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924914&forum_id=2#35655726)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 6:54 PM
Author: floppy flickering step-uncle's house

Kennedy is absolutely TTT, but if there is an actual dispositive constitutional issue that would render other bases for decision null, I'm not sure if it's wrong to raise that. Maybe I could be convinced otherwise.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924914&forum_id=2#35655887)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 7:28 PM
Author: Filthy seedy state juggernaut

Usually SCOTUS says "we avoid broad constitutional rulings if possible."

The bigger issue is that both the "liberal" bloc (in Obergefell) and the "more conservative" bloc (in Citizens United and probably in Janus) sign on to Kennedy's TTT opinions because they need his vote. Apparently he's so thin-skinned that he'd vote the other way if anyone ever called him on his shit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924914&forum_id=2#35656173)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 6:59 PM
Author: 180 ultramarine candlestick maker pocket flask

You can't allow retarded attorneys and technical waiver rules to force the SCOTUS to change the meaning of the Constitution.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924914&forum_id=2#35655926)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 9:43 AM
Author: exhilarant brethren hairy legs



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924914&forum_id=2#35660161)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 6:41 PM
Author: outnumbered cerise alpha cruise ship



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924914&forum_id=2#35655740)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 6:34 PM
Author: ruby forum codepig

I don't understand. None of this is about working at Nordstrom's

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924914&forum_id=2#35655685)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 6:36 PM
Author: iridescent medicated useless brakes

PRORE TERR: calling it Nordstrom's instead of the correct Nordstrom, like "Tiffany's" instead of Tiffany

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924914&forum_id=2#35655707)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 6:45 PM
Author: Violent stag film kitty cat

Lmao

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924914&forum_id=2#35655788)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 6:47 PM
Author: Soul-stirring cordovan therapy son of senegal

Sotomayor is like some kind of sick joke, derailing SCOTUS

http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=2160853&forum_id=2

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924914&forum_id=2#35655805)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 6:55 PM
Author: Navy Mind-boggling Hospital Wagecucks

Thomas, J., laying down the law:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heQjKdHu1P4&t=41m45s

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924914&forum_id=2#35655903)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 10:40 AM
Author: Slate trip plaza genital piercing



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924914&forum_id=2#35660545)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 7:00 PM
Author: 180 ultramarine candlestick maker pocket flask

Pure pwnage by Kennedy.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924914&forum_id=2#35655929)



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Date: October 7th, 2021 2:35 PM
Author: Geriatric thriller principal's office



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3924914&forum_id=2#43237109)