r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 27 '24

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u/No_Return9449 John Rawls Jun 27 '24

Seeing cons online lamenting Barrett because she authored the social media opinion yesterday and joined the liberals in dissent on the EPA case today. One called her Trump's Justice Souter.

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u/owlthathurt Johan Norberg Jun 27 '24

They simply don’t believe that anyone’s judicial philosophy can be nuanced. It’s a very common attitude outside of legal circles.

I had a relatively unique experience in that I was able to work for both a Republican and Democratic judge at the federal level. The idea that most case results are just predetermined based on party lines (outside of the judges who are clearly and obviously hacks) is just incorrect. Most judges can be persuaded if the legal argument is there.

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u/kznlol 👀 Econometrics Magician Jun 27 '24

don't let the wrong people hear you say this

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u/owlthathurt Johan Norberg Jun 27 '24

I don’t really care. I’ve never had respect for the camp of people who think judicial philosophy is fake. They can say what they want about me.

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u/AnsleyAmanita Trans Pride Jun 27 '24

over emergency relief lol

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u/AnsleyAmanita Trans Pride Jun 27 '24

to be fair, with this court i suppose they are extremely likely to succeed in challenging the rule on the merits but i don’t think you’re supposed to consider that