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Some good new Sotomayor transcript gems from yesterday

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Floppy whorehouse
  03/21/18
I'm fairly sophisticated I'm fairly sophisticated I'm fair...
razzmatazz pit
  03/21/18
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galvanic bat shit crazy menage juggernaut
  03/21/18
Read that as "It's fairly sophisticated" the first...
salmon gaming laptop
  03/21/18
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Exciting chocolate hospital
  03/21/18
Was this part of the record or, as Kennedy implied, did she ...
Flesh legal warrant state
  03/21/18
did her own research as far as I can tell
Floppy whorehouse
  03/21/18
Ends justify the means with libs They will never criticiz...
Abnormal Titillating Hall
  03/21/18
Not to defend TWL, but appellate judges do this kind of shit...
infuriating idiot pisswyrm
  03/21/18
But Posner is a POS judge.
irradiated magical garrison old irish cottage
  03/21/18
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Curious insanely creepy sound barrier
  03/21/18
While it is true judges frequently break the rules, it doesn...
translucent self-centered kitchen
  03/21/18
Whether it breaks the rules depends on the circumstances tho...
infuriating idiot pisswyrm
  03/21/18
I wasn't giving a view on the propriety of Sotomayor's resea...
translucent self-centered kitchen
  03/21/18
There is no guarantee that the ad she looked at is the ad at...
irradiated magical garrison old irish cottage
  03/21/18
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glassy wild brunch
  10/07/21
Both are wrong.
hyperactive indecent casino
  03/21/18
there was a case about how long it took union members to put...
Spruce excitant theatre
  03/22/18
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Cocky Disturbing Plaza Shitlib
  03/22/18
#MeTwink
Spruce excitant theatre
  03/22/18
fucking garbage. He also reversed a case on the medical stan...
Mahogany hairraiser cuck ratface
  03/22/18
almost certainly the news stories about Posner and his publi...
Spruce excitant theatre
  03/22/18
lol
Thirsty Chapel Immigrant
  03/22/18
Going outside the record is some bullshit.
irradiated magical garrison old irish cottage
  03/21/18
Yeah. This includes the frequent refs you see to social scie...
translucent self-centered kitchen
  03/21/18
I don't mind when trial judges bring factual shit up sua spo...
irradiated magical garrison old irish cottage
  03/21/18
Thugs in black robes, etc.
hyperactive indecent casino
  03/21/18
http://www.abajournal.com/images/main_images/FO_478_FINAL_12...
Spruce excitant theatre
  03/22/18
Roberts barely concealing his contempt for the Wise Latina
self-absorbed associate
  03/21/18
If a freaking CJOTUSSC is willing to talk like that on the r...
Trip coldplay fan
  03/22/18
oh what an exemplary. such anathema.
bearded box office
  03/21/18
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brilliant den pocket flask
  03/21/18
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Cocky Disturbing Plaza Shitlib
  03/21/18
Lol @ the man who premised his Citizens United opinion on an...
awkward narrow-minded location main people
  03/21/18
Those are two unrelated things, and they had reargument on t...
irradiated magical garrison old irish cottage
  03/21/18
More egregious to raise an unbriefed issue than to refer to ...
awkward narrow-minded location main people
  03/21/18
Kennedy is absolutely TTT, but if there is an actual disposi...
irradiated magical garrison old irish cottage
  03/21/18
Usually SCOTUS says "we avoid broad constitutional ruli...
awkward narrow-minded location main people
  03/21/18
You can't allow retarded attorneys and technical waiver rule...
hyperactive indecent casino
  03/21/18
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Spruce excitant theatre
  03/22/18
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sapphire alpha
  03/21/18
I don't understand. None of this is about working at Nordstr...
histrionic cyan forum famous landscape painting
  03/21/18
PRORE TERR: calling it Nordstrom's instead of the correct No...
razzmatazz pit
  03/21/18
Lmao
Exciting chocolate hospital
  03/21/18
Sotomayor is like some kind of sick joke, derailing SCOTUS ...
Rough-skinned topaz university internal respiration
  03/21/18
Thomas, J., laying down the law: https://www.youtube.com/...
Curious insanely creepy sound barrier
  03/21/18
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salmon gaming laptop
  03/22/18
Pure pwnage by Kennedy.
hyperactive indecent casino
  03/21/18
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Arousing smoky karate
  10/07/21


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Date: March 21st, 2018 5:43 PM
Author: Floppy whorehouse



(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: razzmatazz pit

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: galvanic bat shit crazy menage juggernaut



(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: salmon gaming laptop

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: Exciting chocolate hospital



(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: Flesh legal warrant state

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: Floppy whorehouse

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: Abnormal Titillating Hall

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: infuriating idiot pisswyrm

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: irradiated magical garrison old irish cottage

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: Curious insanely creepy sound barrier



(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: translucent self-centered kitchen

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: infuriating idiot pisswyrm

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: translucent self-centered kitchen

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: irradiated magical garrison old irish cottage

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: glassy wild brunch



(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: hyperactive indecent casino

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: Spruce excitant theatre

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: Cocky Disturbing Plaza Shitlib



(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: Spruce excitant theatre

#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: Mahogany hairraiser cuck ratface

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: Spruce excitant theatre

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: Thirsty Chapel Immigrant

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: irradiated magical garrison old irish cottage

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: translucent self-centered kitchen

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: irradiated magical garrison old irish cottage

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: hyperactive indecent casino

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: Spruce excitant theatre

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: self-absorbed associate

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: Trip coldplay fan

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: bearded box office

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: brilliant den pocket flask



(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: Cocky Disturbing Plaza Shitlib



(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: awkward narrow-minded location main people

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: irradiated magical garrison old irish cottage

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: awkward narrow-minded location main people

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: irradiated magical garrison old irish cottage

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: awkward narrow-minded location main people

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: hyperactive indecent casino

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: Spruce excitant theatre



(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: sapphire alpha



(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: histrionic cyan forum famous landscape painting

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: razzmatazz pit

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: Exciting chocolate hospital

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: Rough-skinned topaz university internal respiration

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: Curious insanely creepy sound barrier

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: salmon gaming laptop



(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: hyperactive indecent casino

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: Arousing smoky karate



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