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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

Ruling the SC wrong is not in the powers of an appelllate judge

46 posted on 07/11/2018 3:56:51 PM PDT by AndyJackson

To: AndyJackson; ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

Ruling the SC wrong is not in the powers of an appelllate judge

Not their powers, but every Justice/Judge can add comments to their rulings as to why another courts rulings are incorrect. They have no official effect but give notice to the rest of the world about where that particular Justice/Judge is coming from.

As I have posted to you before, Justice Thomas does this all the time, as well as, I believe, Scalia did this as well.

I prefer this type of Jurist as it lets me know what they are thinking and how they are approaching different facets of the law.

This is one of the factors that go into the measure of whether or not a Jurist is a Great Jurist, or just following the mechanical rules of being a Jurist.

56 posted on 07/11/2018 4:38:23 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)

True. We don't know what Kavanaugh believes about mass surveillance. I don't think it is impossible to voice a concern in the text of an opinion though.

I am not opposing confirmation. Just concerned about the deep state, as I would be for most nominees.

63 posted on 07/11/2018 5:08:10 PM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Mozart tells you what it's like to be human. Bach tells you what it's like to be the universe)

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