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jaysunb

(11,856 posts)
Tue Feb 7, 2017, 07:38 PM Feb 2017

The judges

Richard R. Clifton RRC Senior Circuit Judge Honolulu 07/30/02 Bush

William C. Canby, Jr. WCC Senior Circuit Judge Phoenix 05/23/80 Carter

Michelle T. Friedland MTF Circuit Judge San Francisco 04/29/14 Obama

Looks like it will come 2-1

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The judges (Original Post) jaysunb Feb 2017 OP
Are you saying that based only on who appointed them The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2017 #1
The way the arguments have gone so far. jaysunb Feb 2017 #4
But you also predicted that the panel would go 2-1. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2017 #6
I withdraw the prediction :) n/t jaysunb Feb 2017 #7
NO judge who knows the law can come down on the side of Fuckface Eliot Rosewater Feb 2017 #2
Are you listening to the arguments and the questions? n/t musicblind Feb 2017 #3
Yes...both n/t jaysunb Feb 2017 #5

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,693 posts)
1. Are you saying that based only on who appointed them
Tue Feb 7, 2017, 07:41 PM
Feb 2017

or on the way the arguments are going? Because with judges you can't guarantee how they'll rule based only on how they got the job. The district court judge who ruled against the Trump admin. was also a Bush appointee.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,693 posts)
6. But you also predicted that the panel would go 2-1.
Tue Feb 7, 2017, 07:47 PM
Feb 2017

How so? If it's a slam dunk all 3 judges would rule for the plaintiffs.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)
2. NO judge who knows the law can come down on the side of Fuckface
Tue Feb 7, 2017, 07:42 PM
Feb 2017

they can only do this if they are a biased person.

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