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Some good new Sotomayor transcript gems from yesterday

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Cyan histrionic indian lodge
  03/21/18
I'm fairly sophisticated I'm fairly sophisticated I'm fair...
cracking property boistinker
  03/21/18
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Demanding galvanic philosopher-king parlor
  03/21/18
Read that as "It's fairly sophisticated" the first...
Irradiated Public Bath Pisswyrm
  03/21/18
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brass chest-beating heaven athletic conference
  03/21/18
Was this part of the record or, as Kennedy implied, did she ...
wild crusty corn cake church
  03/21/18
did her own research as far as I can tell
Cyan histrionic indian lodge
  03/21/18
Ends justify the means with libs They will never criticiz...
marvelous costumed round eye
  03/21/18
Not to defend TWL, but appellate judges do this kind of shit...
soggy glassy famous landscape painting
  03/21/18
But Posner is a POS judge.
razzle-dazzle bright stain stag film
  03/21/18
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zombie-like fat ankles set
  03/21/18
While it is true judges frequently break the rules, it doesn...
fear-inspiring aqua death wish rehab
  03/21/18
Whether it breaks the rules depends on the circumstances tho...
soggy glassy famous landscape painting
  03/21/18
I wasn't giving a view on the propriety of Sotomayor's resea...
fear-inspiring aqua death wish rehab
  03/21/18
There is no guarantee that the ad she looked at is the ad at...
razzle-dazzle bright stain stag film
  03/21/18
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Topaz heady market roommate
  10/07/21
Both are wrong.
godawful sweet tailpipe forum
  03/21/18
there was a case about how long it took union members to put...
big brindle partner therapy
  03/22/18
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copper vibrant library french chef
  03/22/18
#MeTwink
big brindle partner therapy
  03/22/18
fucking garbage. He also reversed a case on the medical stan...
Multi-colored Pearly Theatre Gunner
  03/22/18
almost certainly the news stories about Posner and his publi...
big brindle partner therapy
  03/22/18
lol
adventurous outnumbered multi-billionaire
  03/22/18
Going outside the record is some bullshit.
razzle-dazzle bright stain stag film
  03/21/18
Yeah. This includes the frequent refs you see to social scie...
fear-inspiring aqua death wish rehab
  03/21/18
I don't mind when trial judges bring factual shit up sua spo...
razzle-dazzle bright stain stag film
  03/21/18
Thugs in black robes, etc.
godawful sweet tailpipe forum
  03/21/18
http://www.abajournal.com/images/main_images/FO_478_FINAL_12...
big brindle partner therapy
  03/22/18
Roberts barely concealing his contempt for the Wise Latina
Puce Meetinghouse Pocket Flask
  03/21/18
If a freaking CJOTUSSC is willing to talk like that on the r...
Confused Trailer Park
  03/22/18
oh what an exemplary. such anathema.
Scarlet arrogant reading party hunting ground
  03/21/18
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Frisky chestnut spot half-breed
  03/21/18
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copper vibrant library french chef
  03/21/18
Lol @ the man who premised his Citizens United opinion on an...
Rose massive ratface dopamine
  03/21/18
Those are two unrelated things, and they had reargument on t...
razzle-dazzle bright stain stag film
  03/21/18
More egregious to raise an unbriefed issue than to refer to ...
Rose massive ratface dopamine
  03/21/18
Kennedy is absolutely TTT, but if there is an actual disposi...
razzle-dazzle bright stain stag film
  03/21/18
Usually SCOTUS says "we avoid broad constitutional ruli...
Rose massive ratface dopamine
  03/21/18
You can't allow retarded attorneys and technical waiver rule...
godawful sweet tailpipe forum
  03/21/18
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big brindle partner therapy
  03/22/18
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Arousing shimmering stage selfie
  03/21/18
I don't understand. None of this is about working at Nordstr...
Sapphire Kink-friendly Milk Nursing Home
  03/21/18
PRORE TERR: calling it Nordstrom's instead of the correct No...
cracking property boistinker
  03/21/18
Lmao
brass chest-beating heaven athletic conference
  03/21/18
Sotomayor is like some kind of sick joke, derailing SCOTUS ...
Fragrant friendly grandma fanboi
  03/21/18
Thomas, J., laying down the law: https://www.youtube.com/...
zombie-like fat ankles set
  03/21/18
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Irradiated Public Bath Pisswyrm
  03/22/18
Pure pwnage by Kennedy.
godawful sweet tailpipe forum
  03/21/18
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territorial razzmatazz principal's office useless brakes
  10/07/21


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Date: March 21st, 2018 5:43 PM
Author: Cyan histrionic indian lodge



(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: cracking property boistinker

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: Demanding galvanic philosopher-king parlor



(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: Irradiated Public Bath Pisswyrm

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: brass chest-beating heaven athletic conference



(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: wild crusty corn cake church

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: Cyan histrionic indian lodge

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: marvelous costumed round eye

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: soggy glassy famous landscape painting

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: razzle-dazzle bright stain stag film

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: zombie-like fat ankles set



(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: fear-inspiring aqua death wish rehab

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: soggy glassy famous landscape painting

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: fear-inspiring aqua death wish rehab

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: razzle-dazzle bright stain stag film

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: Topaz heady market roommate



(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: godawful sweet tailpipe forum

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: big brindle partner therapy

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: copper vibrant library french chef



(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: big brindle partner therapy

#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: Multi-colored Pearly Theatre Gunner

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: big brindle partner therapy

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: adventurous outnumbered multi-billionaire

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: razzle-dazzle bright stain stag film

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: fear-inspiring aqua death wish rehab

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: razzle-dazzle bright stain stag film

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: godawful sweet tailpipe forum

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: big brindle partner therapy

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: Puce Meetinghouse Pocket Flask

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: Confused Trailer Park

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: Scarlet arrogant reading party hunting ground

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: Frisky chestnut spot half-breed



(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: copper vibrant library french chef



(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: Rose massive ratface dopamine

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: razzle-dazzle bright stain stag film

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: Rose massive ratface dopamine

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: razzle-dazzle bright stain stag film

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: Rose massive ratface dopamine

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: godawful sweet tailpipe forum

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: big brindle partner therapy



(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: Arousing shimmering stage selfie



(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: Sapphire Kink-friendly Milk Nursing Home

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: cracking property boistinker

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: brass chest-beating heaven athletic conference

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: Fragrant friendly grandma fanboi

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: zombie-like fat ankles set

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: Irradiated Public Bath Pisswyrm



(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: godawful sweet tailpipe forum

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: territorial razzmatazz principal's office useless brakes



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