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Some good new Sotomayor transcript gems from yesterday

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confused opaque forum
  03/21/18
I'm fairly sophisticated I'm fairly sophisticated I'm fair...
pontificating bearded resort
  03/21/18
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submissive burgundy chapel
  03/21/18
Read that as "It's fairly sophisticated" the first...
Electric brindle people who are hurt
  03/21/18
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thriller quadroon
  03/21/18
Was this part of the record or, as Kennedy implied, did she ...
buck-toothed angry address dog poop
  03/21/18
did her own research as far as I can tell
confused opaque forum
  03/21/18
Ends justify the means with libs They will never criticiz...
crusty fat ankles
  03/21/18
Not to defend TWL, but appellate judges do this kind of shit...
lime medicated gaping
  03/21/18
But Posner is a POS judge.
vengeful indian lodge
  03/21/18
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sepia mad cow disease
  03/21/18
While it is true judges frequently break the rules, it doesn...
Amber razzle-dazzle hall nibblets
  03/21/18
Whether it breaks the rules depends on the circumstances tho...
lime medicated gaping
  03/21/18
I wasn't giving a view on the propriety of Sotomayor's resea...
Amber razzle-dazzle hall nibblets
  03/21/18
There is no guarantee that the ad she looked at is the ad at...
vengeful indian lodge
  03/21/18
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vibrant whorehouse
  10/07/21
Both are wrong.
Shimmering patrolman
  03/21/18
there was a case about how long it took union members to put...
umber comical spot
  03/22/18
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Spruce Half-breed International Law Enforcement Agency
  03/22/18
#MeTwink
umber comical spot
  03/22/18
fucking garbage. He also reversed a case on the medical stan...
brilliant greedy toaster
  03/22/18
almost certainly the news stories about Posner and his publi...
umber comical spot
  03/22/18
lol
Frum Trust Fund Electric Furnace
  03/22/18
Going outside the record is some bullshit.
vengeful indian lodge
  03/21/18
Yeah. This includes the frequent refs you see to social scie...
Amber razzle-dazzle hall nibblets
  03/21/18
I don't mind when trial judges bring factual shit up sua spo...
vengeful indian lodge
  03/21/18
Thugs in black robes, etc.
Shimmering patrolman
  03/21/18
http://www.abajournal.com/images/main_images/FO_478_FINAL_12...
umber comical spot
  03/22/18
Roberts barely concealing his contempt for the Wise Latina
flickering vivacious scourge upon the earth
  03/21/18
If a freaking CJOTUSSC is willing to talk like that on the r...
lascivious orange incel
  03/22/18
oh what an exemplary. such anathema.
cerebral national
  03/21/18
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bateful sandwich
  03/21/18
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Spruce Half-breed International Law Enforcement Agency
  03/21/18
Lol @ the man who premised his Citizens United opinion on an...
Swollen chartreuse garrison
  03/21/18
Those are two unrelated things, and they had reargument on t...
vengeful indian lodge
  03/21/18
More egregious to raise an unbriefed issue than to refer to ...
Swollen chartreuse garrison
  03/21/18
Kennedy is absolutely TTT, but if there is an actual disposi...
vengeful indian lodge
  03/21/18
Usually SCOTUS says "we avoid broad constitutional ruli...
Swollen chartreuse garrison
  03/21/18
You can't allow retarded attorneys and technical waiver rule...
Shimmering patrolman
  03/21/18
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umber comical spot
  03/22/18
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Sadistic idea he suggested home
  03/21/18
I don't understand. None of this is about working at Nordstr...
self-absorbed rehab persian
  03/21/18
PRORE TERR: calling it Nordstrom's instead of the correct No...
pontificating bearded resort
  03/21/18
Lmao
thriller quadroon
  03/21/18
Sotomayor is like some kind of sick joke, derailing SCOTUS ...
marvelous shitlib
  03/21/18
Thomas, J., laying down the law: https://www.youtube.com/...
sepia mad cow disease
  03/21/18
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Electric brindle people who are hurt
  03/22/18
Pure pwnage by Kennedy.
Shimmering patrolman
  03/21/18
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Jade juggernaut
  10/07/21


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Date: March 21st, 2018 5:43 PM
Author: confused opaque forum



(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: pontificating bearded resort

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: submissive burgundy chapel



(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: Electric brindle people who are hurt

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: thriller quadroon



(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: buck-toothed angry address dog poop

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: confused opaque forum

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: crusty fat ankles

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: lime medicated gaping

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: vengeful indian lodge

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: sepia mad cow disease



(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: Amber razzle-dazzle hall nibblets

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: lime medicated gaping

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: Amber razzle-dazzle hall nibblets

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: vengeful indian lodge

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: vibrant whorehouse



(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: Shimmering patrolman

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: umber comical spot

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: Spruce Half-breed International Law Enforcement Agency



(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: umber comical spot

#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: brilliant greedy toaster

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: umber comical spot

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: Frum Trust Fund Electric Furnace

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: vengeful indian lodge

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: Amber razzle-dazzle hall nibblets

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: vengeful indian lodge

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: Shimmering patrolman

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: umber comical spot

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: flickering vivacious scourge upon the earth

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: lascivious orange incel

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: cerebral national

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: bateful sandwich



(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: Spruce Half-breed International Law Enforcement Agency



(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: Swollen chartreuse garrison

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: vengeful indian lodge

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: Swollen chartreuse garrison

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: vengeful indian lodge

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: Swollen chartreuse garrison

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: Shimmering patrolman

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: umber comical spot



(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: Sadistic idea he suggested home



(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: self-absorbed rehab persian

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: pontificating bearded resort

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: thriller quadroon

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: marvelous shitlib

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: sepia mad cow disease

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: Electric brindle people who are hurt



(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: Shimmering patrolman

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: Jade juggernaut



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