[SedVictaCatoni]

I can only conclude that Scalia is not quite the conservative he claims to be.

Or, alternately, you could conclude that the job of a judge can be extremely difficult.

[P_A_I]

I can only conclude that Scalia is not quite the conservative he claims to be.

Or, alternately, you could conclude that the job of a judge can be extremely difficult.

You can, but I sure don't see it that way.
Their clerks do all of the grunt work, -- and probably most of the writing. [and a bit of the reasoning too, I suspect, seeing how bad some of the 'logic' reads.]

[the invisib1e hand]

Or, alternately, you could conclude that the job of a judge can be extremely difficult.

I would consider this option first before I raked anyone over the coals. Were the argument turned around, someone would have taken Thomas to task for using the term "nuanced" to describe his opionion.

Interesting -- I usually associate the fish symbol in your tagline with less thoughtful opinions.