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21 October

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From one piece The Volokh Conspiracy 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there

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Justice Gorsuch may care more about children than he cares about transgender rights.

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It'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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The decision in United States v. Nixon was a travesty and the Justices who joined it were caught up in the Watergate swamp fever.

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I'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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The premise that ruling against the appointing President makes a justice fair is only true if the law does not support the President's policy.

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Kagan'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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6 October

Josh BlackmanKorrents 6 Oct

From one piece The Volokh Conspiracy 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there

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People tend to project their own flaws onto others.

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As a general matter, people project onto others the flaws they see in themselves.

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People who accuse others of auditioning are likely those who have auditioned in their own careers.

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The 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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The accusation of auditioning is irrefutable because no one can ascertain a person's true motivations.

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No 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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1 October

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From one piece The Volokh Conspiracy 2 beliefs, in the piece's order there

From one piece The Volokh Conspiracy 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there

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The New York Times piece may make it impossible for Chief Justice Roberts to return to Hupper Island in the future.

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I fear this piece may make it impossible for Roberts to return in the future.

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The New York Times article about Chief Justice Roberts serves no purpose other than to show how he is alienated in his family summer home.

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The sole effect, and indeed purpose, of this article, is to show how Roberts is alienated in his family summer home.

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The practice of appointing former law clerks to judicial seats is an unsavory form of hereditary judicial sinecure.

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Frankly, I find this entire idea of hereditary judicial sinecures very unsavory.

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The timing of Judge Southwick's announcement was intended to ensure his preferred candidate is confirmed before a potential change in Senate control.

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The pick was timed, just right, to ensure his preferred candidate gets through, and before a potential flip in the Senate.

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Judge Southwick took senior status with the understanding that his former law clerk, Todd Butler, would take his seat.

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It 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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