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In reply to the discussion: Alito seems so proud to be the stupidest [View all]unblock
(52,758 posts)28. that's the whole point of the federalist program.
alito is hardly alone in arriving at a conclusion first and backfilling an excuse.
it's pretty much the right-wing way.
i think scalia was one of the earlier examples (certainly bush v. gore fits) though you could still find some of his decisions where his notions of how to read the constitution didn't always lead him to a right-wing conclusion.
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The problem with that analysis is that Alito graduated Yale law while editing the law review. Hardly the W Bush student.
Ford_Prefect
Apr 25
#32
I think he's intentionally mean and arrogant as a way of intimidating anyone else.
Ford_Prefect
Apr 25
#41
It's not just the degree. It's a whole career glide path laid out for some people.
Gidney N Cloyd
Apr 25
#46
To hear him talk, you'd think treating the fetus was paramount in all of this and that the
Vinca
Apr 25
#3
Alito is not a man of low intellect. He is a man filled with zealous Roman Catholic dogma.
Texin
Apr 25
#25
Justice Robert's court will go down as The Corrupt Court. To insure those in future understand the mistakes and cruelty
Traurigkeit
Apr 25
#40
Alito is a partisan hack who is lousy at history and the law. The Dobbs opinion is really a piece of crap
LetMyPeopleVote
Apr 25
#42