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“Alito proposed a hypothetical scenario”

Not his job.


6 posted on 12/06/2022 12:06:21 PM PST by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: proust

Actually, it is, during such encounters.


8 posted on 12/06/2022 12:07:10 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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Huh? This sort of “what if...” hypothetical is what they do all day long at SCOTUS oral arguments.


17 posted on 12/06/2022 12:10:36 PM PST by irishjuggler
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To: proust

‘Hypothetical scenarios’ are common legal props voiced by attorneys all over this country.


18 posted on 12/06/2022 12:10:53 PM PST by Thommas (The snout of the camel is already under the tent.)
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To: proust

Huh? Judges pose hypotheticals all the time to tease out the outlet limits of arguments that are presented to them


22 posted on 12/06/2022 12:12:52 PM PST by j.havenfarm (21 years on Free Republic, 12/10/21! More than 5000 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: proust
many, many if not most of their questions are hypothetical. Can you say Socrates??
24 posted on 12/06/2022 12:13:31 PM PST by Sacajaweau ( )
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Except that’s what “arguments” and “deliberation” is all about. It’s called the Socratic method. It’s been around for a few years. It’s all the rage.


73 posted on 12/06/2022 1:37:30 PM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: proust

That is most certainly his job. Reductio ad absurdum.


77 posted on 12/06/2022 3:30:39 PM PST by AnAmericanMother (Ecce Crucem Domini, fugite partes adversae. Vicit Leo de Tribu Iuda, Radix David, Alleluia!)
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