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JUDGE POSNER ADMITS TO DECIDING CASES ON THE BASIS OF FAIRNESS, NOT LAW

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/11/us/politics/judge-richard...
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  09/15/17
Awesome. As they should be
Contagious Private Investor
  09/15/17
Horseshit. That's terrible for for predictability.
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  09/15/17
Jajajajaja
Contagious Private Investor
  09/15/17
just predict what's fair
Purple rehab
  09/15/17
Flame or not flame? If not flame, that's largely what str...
spectacular sweet tailpipe
  09/15/17
Laws aren't fair though
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  09/15/17
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  10/16/17
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Chest-beating casino tattoo
  09/15/17
judges like this are why you settle litigation. i have appe...
Emerald Big Station Degenerate
  09/15/17
but didnt he masquerade his feeling of "right" wit...
Chest-beating casino tattoo
  09/15/17
Posner did. The judge(s) I'm talking about rule from the be...
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  09/15/17
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  09/15/17
Truff, bro. Judges like this are also why the Russian way of...
hairless piazza
  09/15/17
Some day you will get arrested for what you write. It will m...
Harsh State Messiness
  09/15/17
(mentally ill fascist shitlib)
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  09/15/17
Before or after Red Dawn?
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  09/15/17
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passionate native
  09/16/17
Had a judge say he was going to limit our depositions to 16 ...
Bright Mewling Abode
  10/16/17
DESCRIBE the amount of projection in these statements: --...
sooty curious gas station
  09/15/17
this is why judges need to be intimidated
Glittery quadroon
  09/15/17
should be impeached.
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  09/15/17
He retired.
odious pit
  09/15/17
he retired
Purple rehab
  09/15/17
*imprisoned
mauve vengeful stage friendly grandma
  09/15/17
this is exactly why us law is a national embarrassment
floppy gay wizard weed whacker
  09/15/17
He has been running this schtick for literally decades.
Mischievous psychic windowlicker
  09/15/17
lol @ "the law"
Rough-skinned Kitchen
  09/15/17
That's always bee his schtick (except that "fairness&qu...
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  09/15/17
this doesnt suck--he is talking reality--judges dont really ...
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  09/15/17
Yes it does, because it fucks up the law for all the other l...
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  09/15/17
I agree with all this. In fairness, though, Posner's vaunted...
Mischievous psychic windowlicker
  09/15/17
link?
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  09/15/17
Daniel A. Farber, Do Theories of Statutory Interpretation Ma...
Mischievous psychic windowlicker
  09/15/17
But aren't you assuming that there is actually a formalist c...
Chest-beating casino tattoo
  09/15/17
That doesn't mean any old interpretation is just as valid as...
Khaki stag film bbw
  09/15/17
Careful he is leading you down a subthread wasteland.
Mischievous psychic windowlicker
  09/15/17
...
iridescent maniacal mad cow disease masturbator
  09/15/17
It would be funny to see Posner's reaction from the other si...
sick sapphire digit ratio
  09/15/17
Old England had courts of equity. If you could not get justi...
Harsh State Messiness
  09/15/17
And in Russia you just blow up the dude giving you a problem...
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  09/15/17
(pudgy dork with a compliance job)
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That's not at all how the equity - law divide worked. Wtf.
Mischievous psychic windowlicker
  09/15/17
So let equity swallow it all? Maybe. But even the exer...
spectacular sweet tailpipe
  09/15/17
Just like every other judge in Amerikwa
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This "forget about the law" thinking is how you en...
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  09/15/17
To be fair, sexual orientation discrimination is gender-base...
Khaki stag film bbw
  09/15/17
The "law" States that if your 6 year old son deman...
Mint gunner
  09/15/17
OMG THAT'S SO ZEN AND ICONOCLASTIC. SO 'PRAGMATIC'! HEHEHE...
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  09/15/17
moar like pozner amirite
stirring university
  09/15/17
'THE LAW' IS FOR THE LITTLE PEOPLE, THE PLEBES. I AM ABOVE T...
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  09/15/17
imagine having a 7th cir argument in front of Posner or East...
Adventurous Crimson Goal In Life Property
  09/15/17
(Albert Alschuler)
Mischievous psychic windowlicker
  09/15/17
Not earth shattering legal advice. Counseled clients into se...
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  09/16/17
God, the terror of having to make a practical argument.
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  09/17/17
Dear Posner, Did anyone ever tell you that you think far ...
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  09/15/17
elaborate
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The best legal writing has a strong, logical, well structure...
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  09/16/17
(Selya)
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  09/16/17
A nut from a different tree.
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  09/16/17
I'm partial to Friendly's method of writing opinions, but it...
Mischievous psychic windowlicker
  09/16/17
Kill yourself. Selya is awesome.
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? I like Selya. Was just trying to think of who might level ...
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  09/17/17
*heaves sigh of relief*
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  09/17/17
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Kennedy, J., concurring
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Good to have a smart guy inside the judiciary who's willing ...
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  09/16/17
can't stop lolling at 'the law' what a joke
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think there was something about this on last Saturday's LSAT
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Date: September 15th, 2017 10:51 AM
Author: Chest-beating casino tattoo

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/11/us/politics/judge-richard-posner-retirement.html

He called his approach to judging pragmatic. His critics called it lawless. “I pay very little attention to legal rules, statutes, constitutional provisions,” Judge Posner said. “A case is just a dispute. The first thing you do is ask yourself — forget about the law — what is a sensible resolution of this dispute?”

The next thing, he said, was to see if a recent Supreme Court precedent or some other legal obstacle stood in the way of ruling in favor of that sensible resolution. “And the answer is that’s actually rarely the case,” he said. “When you have a Supreme Court case or something similar, they’re often extremely easy to get around.”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34216937)



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Date: September 15th, 2017 10:51 AM
Author: Contagious Private Investor

Awesome. As they should be

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34216956)



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Date: September 15th, 2017 2:35 PM
Author: spectacular sweet tailpipe

Horseshit.

That's terrible for for predictability.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34218674)



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Date: September 15th, 2017 2:36 PM
Author: Contagious Private Investor

Jajajajaja

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34218676)



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Date: September 15th, 2017 2:40 PM
Author: Purple rehab

just predict what's fair

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34218695)



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Date: September 15th, 2017 2:45 PM
Author: spectacular sweet tailpipe

Flame or not flame?

If not flame, that's largely what structured law is for.

It provides the rules for determining what's fair.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34218727)



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Date: September 15th, 2017 2:45 PM
Author: Contagious Private Investor

Laws aren't fair though

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34218731)



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Date: October 16th, 2017 7:12 PM
Author: Chest-beating casino tattoo



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Date: September 15th, 2017 7:22 PM
Author: Chest-beating casino tattoo



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34220653)



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Date: September 15th, 2017 10:53 AM
Author: Emerald Big Station Degenerate

judges like this are why you settle litigation. i have appeared before this one federal judge where you can literally show them their own published cases saying "Point of Law X" on the exact same facts, sometimes with the exact same parties, and they will say "I think I'm going to rule Point of Law Not X because it feels right."

charlatans.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34216964)



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Date: September 15th, 2017 10:56 AM
Author: Chest-beating casino tattoo

but didnt he masquerade his feeling of "right" with a plethora of legal citations ?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34217001)



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Date: September 15th, 2017 1:32 PM
Author: Emerald Big Station Degenerate

Posner did. The judge(s) I'm talking about rule from the bench and never issue anything in writing other than the transcript so that they can't be reversed on appeal or ever called out

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34218203)



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Date: September 15th, 2017 11:23 AM
Author: floppy gay wizard weed whacker



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34217241)



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Date: September 15th, 2017 11:31 AM
Author: hairless piazza

Truff, bro. Judges like this are also why the Russian way of just firing a few AK clips into the judges car with him in it is by far the credited response.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34217278)



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Date: September 15th, 2017 11:37 AM
Author: Harsh State Messiness

Some day you will get arrested for what you write. It will make me happy.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34217315)



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Date: September 15th, 2017 11:40 AM
Author: stirring university

(mentally ill fascist shitlib)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34217333)



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Date: September 15th, 2017 11:42 AM
Author: hairless piazza

Before or after Red Dawn?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34217336)



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Date: September 16th, 2017 10:16 PM
Author: passionate native



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34226787)



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Date: October 16th, 2017 8:04 PM
Author: Bright Mewling Abode

Had a judge say he was going to limit our depositions to 16 because his birthday was on the 16th. Seems fair

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34458568)



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Date: September 15th, 2017 10:57 AM
Author: sooty curious gas station

DESCRIBE the amount of projection in these statements:

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“I pay very little attention to legal rules, statutes, constitutional provisions,” Judge Posner said. “A case is just a dispute. The first thing you do is ask yourself — forget about the law — what is a sensible resolution of this dispute?”

The next thing, he said, was to see if a recent Supreme Court precedent or some other legal obstacle stood in the way of ruling in favor of that sensible resolution. “And the answer is that’s actually rarely the case,” he said. “When you have a Supreme Court case or something similar, they’re often extremely easy to get around.”

I asked him about his critics, and he said they fell into two camps.

***

He said he had less sympathy for the second camp. “There are others who are just, you know, reactionary beasts,” he said. “They’re reactionary beasts because they want to manipulate the statutes and the Constitution in their own way.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34217007)



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Date: September 15th, 2017 11:02 AM
Author: Glittery quadroon

this is why judges need to be intimidated

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34217057)



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Date: September 15th, 2017 11:04 AM
Author: vivacious primrose turdskin

should be impeached.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34217065)



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Date: September 15th, 2017 11:22 AM
Author: odious pit

He retired.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34217221)



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Date: September 15th, 2017 2:40 PM
Author: Purple rehab

he retired

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34218701)



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Date: September 15th, 2017 7:24 PM
Author: mauve vengeful stage friendly grandma

*imprisoned

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34220667)



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Date: September 15th, 2017 11:22 AM
Author: floppy gay wizard weed whacker

this is exactly why us law is a national embarrassment

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34217231)



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Date: September 15th, 2017 11:24 AM
Author: Mischievous psychic windowlicker

He has been running this schtick for literally decades.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34217248)



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Date: September 15th, 2017 11:27 AM
Author: Rough-skinned Kitchen

lol @ "the law"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34217260)



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Date: September 15th, 2017 11:32 AM
Author: Khaki stag film bbw

That's always bee his schtick (except that "fairness" to him means "economic rationality"), and the main reason he sucks. This shouldn't be a surprise.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34217288)



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Date: September 15th, 2017 11:35 AM
Author: Chest-beating casino tattoo

this doesnt suck--he is talking reality--judges dont really decide cases based on what 18 USC 2340 says, bro.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34217302)



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Date: September 15th, 2017 11:36 AM
Author: Khaki stag film bbw

Yes it does, because it fucks up the law for all the other litigants that actually try to fucking follow the law (or at least act according to the law). You look at the law, and it's pretty clear on one point or another, but there's this shit Posner case out there that fucks everything up and injects uncertainty.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34217307)



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Date: September 15th, 2017 11:38 AM
Author: Mischievous psychic windowlicker

I agree with all this. In fairness, though, Posner's vaunted pragmatism doesn't appear to have influenced how he actually decided cases all that much, as an empirical matter.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34217317)



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Date: September 15th, 2017 2:53 PM
Author: iridescent maniacal mad cow disease masturbator

link?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34218779)



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Date: September 15th, 2017 3:48 PM
Author: Mischievous psychic windowlicker

Daniel A. Farber, Do Theories of Statutory Interpretation Matter--A Case Study, 94 Nw. U. L. Rev. 1409 (1999),

Available at: http://scholarship.law.berkeley.edu/facpubs/1724

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34219134)



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Date: September 15th, 2017 11:42 AM
Author: Chest-beating casino tattoo

But aren't you assuming that there is actually a formalist conception of law? Isn't law at the end of the day a matter of interpretation?

like whether a doctor violated the standard of care in a malpractice suit--isn't that all interpretation?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34217344)



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Date: September 15th, 2017 11:43 AM
Author: Khaki stag film bbw

That doesn't mean any old interpretation is just as valid as any other interpretation. Jesus are you still a law student after 10 years?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34217350)



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Date: September 15th, 2017 11:49 AM
Author: Mischievous psychic windowlicker

Careful he is leading you down a subthread wasteland.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34217381)



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Date: September 15th, 2017 2:53 PM
Author: iridescent maniacal mad cow disease masturbator



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Date: September 15th, 2017 11:35 AM
Author: sick sapphire digit ratio

It would be funny to see Posner's reaction from the other side of the bench when some judge told him "I'm not concerned about what the law says, I'm looking for the reasonable solution here. Also I will bring in my own evidence from outside the record to support my conclusion."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34217303)



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Date: September 15th, 2017 11:36 AM
Author: Harsh State Messiness

Old England had courts of equity. If you could not get justice in the court of law, you went to the court of equity. This isn't all that earth shattering.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34217308)



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Date: September 15th, 2017 11:38 AM
Author: hairless piazza

And in Russia you just blow up the dude giving you a problem. Makes for a mich more civil society when you just kill dudes.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34217324)



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Date: September 15th, 2017 11:48 AM
Author: Alcoholic lay foreskin

(pudgy dork with a compliance job)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34217377)



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Date: September 16th, 2017 10:21 AM
Author: indecent garrison gaping



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Date: September 17th, 2017 5:42 PM
Author: Chest-beating casino tattoo



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Date: September 15th, 2017 11:39 AM
Author: Mischievous psychic windowlicker

That's not at all how the equity - law divide worked. Wtf.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34217325)



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Date: September 15th, 2017 2:36 PM
Author: spectacular sweet tailpipe

So let equity swallow it all?

Maybe.

But even the exercise of equity is (or at least should be) subject to principles of law.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34218678)



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Date: September 15th, 2017 11:49 AM
Author: Rambunctious lascivious center telephone

Just like every other judge in Amerikwa

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34217382)



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Date: September 15th, 2017 1:18 PM
Author: Chest-beating casino tattoo



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Date: September 20th, 2017 10:59 AM
Author: Chest-beating casino tattoo



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Date: September 15th, 2017 2:34 PM
Author: splenetic grizzly space

This "forget about the law" thinking is how you end up with rulings like the Title VII case where the Seventh Circuit said a law that explicitly bans gender and racial discrimination also implicitly bans discrimination based on sexual orientation, even though the law doesn't say anything about that.

Why even have a legislature if the judges are just going to do whatever they want, laws and Constitution be damned? If Posner's retirement means we get a new judge who will predictably and faithfully follow the law, then good riddance.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34218667)



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Date: September 15th, 2017 2:50 PM
Author: Khaki stag film bbw

To be fair, sexual orientation discrimination is gender-based discrimination in 90% of cases.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34218764)



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Date: September 15th, 2017 2:37 PM
Author: Mint gunner

The "law" States that if your 6 year old son demands to be a girl you will have the state take him and feed him estrogen if you refuse.

Ljl at our "laws", what a joke.

I love reactionary dandies like this judge.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34218685)



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Date: September 15th, 2017 2:54 PM
Author: swashbuckling pocket flask

OMG THAT'S SO ZEN AND ICONOCLASTIC. SO 'PRAGMATIC'!

HEHEHEHE

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34218791)



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Date: September 15th, 2017 3:49 PM
Author: stirring university

moar like pozner amirite

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34219138)



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Date: September 15th, 2017 7:28 PM
Author: swashbuckling pocket flask

'THE LAW' IS FOR THE LITTLE PEOPLE, THE PLEBES. I AM ABOVE THE LAW. I AM PURE. I ABIDE BY A HIGHER TRANSENDENT STANDARD OF COMSIC JUSTICE AND FAIRNESS.

OOOOH LOOK AT MY ROBES! I'M LIKE A WIZARD!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34220685)



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Date: September 15th, 2017 7:32 PM
Author: Adventurous Crimson Goal In Life Property

imagine having a 7th cir argument in front of Posner or Easterbrook.

you'd tell your client, "look, they are going to ignore all the facts and law we've been arguing about for years. they're just going to do whatever they want. and there's a good chance they will trash me, trash opposing counsel, or both of us, just for fun."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34220706)



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Date: September 15th, 2017 8:06 PM
Author: Mischievous psychic windowlicker

(Albert Alschuler)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34220841)



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Date: September 16th, 2017 10:32 AM
Author: exhilarant underhanded home jew

Not earth shattering legal advice. Counseled clients into settlements for similar reasons in 9th circuit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34223018)



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Date: September 17th, 2017 6:15 PM
Author: Hairraiser misunderstood karate range

God, the terror of having to make a practical argument.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34231248)



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Date: September 15th, 2017 9:42 PM
Author: spectacular sweet tailpipe

Dear Posner,

Did anyone ever tell you that you think far too much of your legal writing abilities?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34221233)



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Date: September 16th, 2017 8:53 PM
Author: Chest-beating casino tattoo

elaborate

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34226371)



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Date: September 16th, 2017 9:56 PM
Author: spectacular sweet tailpipe

The best legal writing has a strong, logical, well structured heart.

In addition to playing fast and loose with the facts, Posner sacrifices much of that in service to his goal of telling simple stories for the masses.

That's not a call for jargon or any such nonsense. Posner simply isn't as good a writer as some other notable judges, but Posner doesn't seem to understand that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34226681)



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Date: September 16th, 2017 9:59 PM
Author: Mischievous psychic windowlicker

(Selya)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34226694)



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Date: September 16th, 2017 10:04 PM
Author: spectacular sweet tailpipe

A nut from a different tree.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34226723)



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Date: September 16th, 2017 10:09 PM
Author: Mischievous psychic windowlicker

I'm partial to Friendly's method of writing opinions, but it is an acquired taste.

I'd rank Easterbrook over Posner on the Seventh Circuit. This includes both opinions and scholarship.

Some DC Cir. judges are good, but boring.

To name some ladies of the bar, I've been favorably impressed by King (5th Cir.) and Kearse (2d Cir.).

Did you ever try to read Posner's N.D. Il. damages opinions (he sought to sit by designation a few times)?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34226753)



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Date: September 17th, 2017 7:23 PM
Author: Coiffed Roast Beef Cuckoldry

Kill yourself. Selya is awesome.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34231577)



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Date: September 17th, 2017 7:35 PM
Author: Mischievous psychic windowlicker

? I like Selya. Was just trying to think of who might level this type of charge at Posner.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34231633)



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Date: September 17th, 2017 7:47 PM
Author: Coiffed Roast Beef Cuckoldry

*heaves sigh of relief*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34231675)



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Date: September 16th, 2017 10:54 PM
Author: gay dilemma

This is why he got magna-pwned. Prescient HLS faculty wanted to put him in his place.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34226953)



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Date: September 16th, 2017 9:26 PM
Author: Pink awkward theater stage therapy

Kennedy, J., concurring

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34226532)



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Date: September 16th, 2017 10:46 PM
Author: Charismatic Church Building Wrinkle

Good to have a smart guy inside the judiciary who's willing to speak up when something doesn't make sense. You guys want judges like Scalia who talk about the letter of the law disingenuously and reach whatever result they want?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34226906)



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Date: September 16th, 2017 10:56 PM
Author: swashbuckling pocket flask

can't stop lolling at 'the law'

what a joke

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34226972)



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Date: September 20th, 2017 11:00 AM
Author: painfully honest step-uncle's house

think there was something about this on last Saturday's LSAT

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34250158)



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Date: September 28th, 2017 3:23 PM
Author: Chest-beating casino tattoo



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3732746&forum_id=2#34318718)