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Some good new Sotomayor transcript gems from yesterday

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Learning Disabled School Cafeteria
  03/21/18
I'm fairly sophisticated I'm fairly sophisticated I'm fair...
arousing citrine french chef fortuitous meteor
  03/21/18
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Hyperventilating Lilac Abode Pervert
  03/21/18
Read that as "It's fairly sophisticated" the first...
cracking maniacal brethren wrinkle
  03/21/18
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Mind-boggling Violet Church Regret
  03/21/18
Was this part of the record or, as Kennedy implied, did she ...
honey-headed azn sound barrier
  03/21/18
did her own research as far as I can tell
Learning Disabled School Cafeteria
  03/21/18
Ends justify the means with libs They will never criticiz...
Cowardly Fighting Reading Party
  03/21/18
Not to defend TWL, but appellate judges do this kind of shit...
provocative startled cuckoldry
  03/21/18
But Posner is a POS judge.
carnelian stubborn library main people
  03/21/18
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Bisexual mauve temple dopamine
  03/21/18
While it is true judges frequently break the rules, it doesn...
Insane native sweet tailpipe
  03/21/18
Whether it breaks the rules depends on the circumstances tho...
provocative startled cuckoldry
  03/21/18
I wasn't giving a view on the propriety of Sotomayor's resea...
Insane native sweet tailpipe
  03/21/18
There is no guarantee that the ad she looked at is the ad at...
carnelian stubborn library main people
  03/21/18
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Twinkling parlour depressive
  10/07/21
Both are wrong.
mustard insecure house
  03/21/18
there was a case about how long it took union members to put...
Self-absorbed Low-t Parlor Laser Beams
  03/22/18
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copper field
  03/22/18
#MeTwink
Self-absorbed Low-t Parlor Laser Beams
  03/22/18
fucking garbage. He also reversed a case on the medical stan...
thriller cruel-hearted meetinghouse
  03/22/18
almost certainly the news stories about Posner and his publi...
Self-absorbed Low-t Parlor Laser Beams
  03/22/18
lol
Garnet Ungodly Friendly Grandma
  03/22/18
Going outside the record is some bullshit.
carnelian stubborn library main people
  03/21/18
Yeah. This includes the frequent refs you see to social scie...
Insane native sweet tailpipe
  03/21/18
I don't mind when trial judges bring factual shit up sua spo...
carnelian stubborn library main people
  03/21/18
Thugs in black robes, etc.
mustard insecure house
  03/21/18
http://www.abajournal.com/images/main_images/FO_478_FINAL_12...
Self-absorbed Low-t Parlor Laser Beams
  03/22/18
Roberts barely concealing his contempt for the Wise Latina
Henna location elastic band
  03/21/18
If a freaking CJOTUSSC is willing to talk like that on the r...
federal hunting ground
  03/22/18
oh what an exemplary. such anathema.
Swashbuckling drunken clown hell
  03/21/18
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Nighttime chapel
  03/21/18
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copper field
  03/21/18
Lol @ the man who premised his Citizens United opinion on an...
Bateful rose senate athletic conference
  03/21/18
Those are two unrelated things, and they had reargument on t...
carnelian stubborn library main people
  03/21/18
More egregious to raise an unbriefed issue than to refer to ...
Bateful rose senate athletic conference
  03/21/18
Kennedy is absolutely TTT, but if there is an actual disposi...
carnelian stubborn library main people
  03/21/18
Usually SCOTUS says "we avoid broad constitutional ruli...
Bateful rose senate athletic conference
  03/21/18
You can't allow retarded attorneys and technical waiver rule...
mustard insecure house
  03/21/18
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Self-absorbed Low-t Parlor Laser Beams
  03/22/18
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Contagious erotic address
  03/21/18
I don't understand. None of this is about working at Nordstr...
adventurous philosopher-king area
  03/21/18
PRORE TERR: calling it Nordstrom's instead of the correct No...
arousing citrine french chef fortuitous meteor
  03/21/18
Lmao
Mind-boggling Violet Church Regret
  03/21/18
Sotomayor is like some kind of sick joke, derailing SCOTUS ...
Medicated mischievous double fault
  03/21/18
Thomas, J., laying down the law: https://www.youtube.com/...
Bisexual mauve temple dopamine
  03/21/18
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cracking maniacal brethren wrinkle
  03/22/18
Pure pwnage by Kennedy.
mustard insecure house
  03/21/18
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Odious Really Tough Guy Site
  10/07/21


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Date: March 21st, 2018 5:43 PM
Author: Learning Disabled School Cafeteria



(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: arousing citrine french chef fortuitous meteor

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: Hyperventilating Lilac Abode Pervert



(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: cracking maniacal brethren wrinkle

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: Mind-boggling Violet Church Regret



(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: honey-headed azn sound barrier

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: Learning Disabled School Cafeteria

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: Cowardly Fighting Reading Party

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: provocative startled cuckoldry

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: carnelian stubborn library main people

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: Bisexual mauve temple dopamine



(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: Insane native sweet tailpipe

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: provocative startled cuckoldry

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: Insane native sweet tailpipe

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: carnelian stubborn library main people

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: Twinkling parlour depressive



(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: mustard insecure house

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: Self-absorbed Low-t Parlor Laser Beams

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 field



(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: Self-absorbed Low-t Parlor Laser Beams

#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: thriller cruel-hearted meetinghouse

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: Self-absorbed Low-t Parlor Laser Beams

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: Garnet Ungodly Friendly Grandma

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: carnelian stubborn library main people

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: Insane native sweet tailpipe

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: carnelian stubborn library main people

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: mustard insecure house

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: Self-absorbed Low-t Parlor Laser Beams

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: Henna location elastic band

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: federal hunting ground

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: Swashbuckling drunken clown hell

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: Nighttime chapel



(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 field



(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: Bateful rose senate athletic conference

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: carnelian stubborn library main people

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: Bateful rose senate athletic conference

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: carnelian stubborn library main people

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: Bateful rose senate athletic conference

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: mustard insecure house

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: Self-absorbed Low-t Parlor Laser Beams



(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: Contagious erotic address



(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: adventurous philosopher-king area

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: arousing citrine french chef fortuitous meteor

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: Mind-boggling Violet Church Regret

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: Medicated mischievous double fault

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: Bisexual mauve temple dopamine

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: cracking maniacal brethren wrinkle



(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: mustard insecure house

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: Odious Really Tough Guy Site



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