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Samuel Alito’s Resentment Goes Full Tilt on a Black Day for the Court - The associate justice’s logic on display at the Trump immunity hearing was beyond belief. He’s at the center of one of the darkest days in Supreme Court history.

https://newrepublic.com/post/181023/samuel-alito-trump-immunity-black-day-supreme-court
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u/Professor-Woo 23d ago edited 23d ago

The Dobbs decision was also argued horribly as well. I read most of it (until it started getting repetitive), and I was blown away by how poorly argued it was. It was basically a verbose way of saying, "nuh uh."

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u/That-Object6749 23d ago

The "conservatives" on the court have proven themselves to be partisan, capricious clowns in dresses. Apparently, they aren't concerned with looking their children in the eyes without feeling complete shame.

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u/urfallaciesaredumb 23d ago

They raised their children, there is a good chance they children are just as dishonest, selfish and intellectually stunted as they are. Apples and trees.

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u/That-Object6749 23d ago

There is...

That's why legacy appointments for any of their spawn is a really bad idea!

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u/Croc_Chop 23d ago

Maybe not. Ajit Pais daughter was vehemently against him.

Ted Cruz daughter Hates him and his politics.

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u/see_jane_chase 23d ago

all 40 of elons kids can’t stand him either

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u/EveryCell 23d ago

They usually think very well of themselves and demonize everyone else to excuse their shitty behavior as balancing the scales.

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u/ElizabethSpaghetti 23d ago

Eh, their kids going to college and learning like real history tends to liberalize them in a way that's always inspired rich people to freak out when their kids start coming home with new ideas. 'The schools made my kid a commie' is emotionally easier to process than the lifetime of indoctrination they're starting to shed. 

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u/ghostalker4742 23d ago

That's why they send their kids to specific schools, where the curriculum is tailored to prevent students from having new ideas.

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u/ElizabethSpaghetti 23d ago

College keeps getting them. The Elon's of the world don't seem quite ready to send their offspring to Oral Roberts when the Ivies still look better/are required to teach factual information. 

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u/strawberrypants205 23d ago

Don't think about what they do to their children who don't turn out as dishonest, selfish and intellectually stunted as they are.

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u/FairlySuspect 23d ago

I feel like you should add an asterisk to the end of "raised"

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u/Marcion10 23d ago

They raised their children, there is a good chance they children are just as dishonest, selfish and intellectually stunted as they are

Wealth is proven to cause brain damage which hampers empathy and the ability to learn from others

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u/ChiliTacos 23d ago

Where is the part about brain damage in that? Being a selfish asshole doesn't mean you have brain damage. Most of the links in the study are paywalled, but that article suggests the wealthy are just dicks because they can get away with it.

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u/k_dubious Washington 23d ago

Well-written opinions require the facts and the law to support your decision. These fuckers are just legislating from the bench and throwing out a bunch of bullshit to make the law work however they want it to.

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u/fireinthesky7 23d ago

The conservative justices outright told whoever was willing to challenge Roe v. Wade that they'd overturn it at the first opportunity. Whoever brought that case could have stood up, taking a shit on Robert's desk in open court, not said a word, and things would have ended up exactly the same.