Josh Blackman
American legal scholar; professor of law at South Texas College of Law Houston and a contributor to The Volokh Conspiracy. Author of Unprecedented (2013) and Unraveled (2016) on the Affordable Care Act litigation; created FantasySCOTUS.
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Their wordsKagan's point seems to be that ruling against the President that appoints you makes you a fair justice. That premise is only true if in fact that law does not support the appointing President's policy.
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Their wordsI've come to believe that United States v. Nixon was a travesty, and the Justices who joined that were caught up in the Watergate swamp fever.
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Their wordsIt's possible that Justice Gorsuch simply saw the light after Bostock, but maybe there is another explanation: he cares more about children than he cares about transgender rights.
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Their wordsNo one has the power to look into another man's heart and ascertain his actual motivations or ambitions. So the accusation of auditioning is indeed irrefutable.
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People who accuse others of auditioning are likely those who have auditioned in their own careers.
Their wordsThe truth is that those who lob the auditioning accusation are those who are most likely to audition in their own careers.
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Their wordsAs a general matter, people project onto others the flaws they see in themselves.
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Their wordsThe sole effect, and indeed purpose, of this article, is to show how Roberts is alienated in his family summer home.
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Their wordsIt is painfully obvious that Judge Southwick took senior status with the understanding that Todd Butler, his former law clerk, would take his seat.
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Their wordsI fear this piece may make it impossible for Roberts to return in the future.
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Their wordsThe pick was timed, just right, to ensure his preferred candidate gets through, and before a potential flip in the Senate.
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Their wordsFrankly, I find this entire idea of hereditary judicial sinecures very unsavory.