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Lawyer turned writer, editor, and speaker. Founder, Above The Law (@ATLblog) and Underneath Their Robes. Author, Supreme Ambitions: A Novel (@SCOTUSambitions).

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    1. Daniel B. Rodriguez‏ @DBRodriguez5 Jul 8

      @JosephPatrice got up on the wrong side of the bed this am, and so is on the attack. A moratorium on comments about the #SCOTUSnominee as human beings, What matters is their judicial philosophies. As to the latter, duh. We're reasonably smart folks, from across the political/2

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    2. Daniel B. Rodriguez‏ @DBRodriguez5 Jul 8

      2/spectrum & get that this is a struggle about the direction of the Court & of American law. Elections matter, and I'll jump in to say that if I were POTUS I would look at SCOTUS appointments through precisely this lens. But this not banality of evil stuff (although the/3

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    3. Daniel B. Rodriguez‏ @DBRodriguez5 Jul 8

      3/reductio of Joe P. comparing us to Nazi sympathizers is a nice trick (and the weekend is not yet over, so what's too come!!). Rather, what we are saying is that, in the face of the ad hominem attacks on Barrett, Thapar, Kethelege, BK, etc., there are real judges w/not only/3

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    4. Daniel B. Rodriguez‏ @DBRodriguez5 Jul 8

      4/paper trails, but with wider stories, personal narratives and, wait for it, reputations for integrity & open-mindedness. If you switch out a conservative pundit for @JosephPatrice and go back in the time capsule for an attack on J Sotomayor for her "wise Latina woman" remark/4

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    5. Daniel B. Rodriguez‏ @DBRodriguez5 Jul 8

      5/you get the same tunnel-vision. The stakes are high and the wider perspective is the better perspective. These are not @FedSoc automatons, but are real people with their own personal bona fides. @RickGarnett @DavidLat.

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    6. Walter Olson‏Verified account @walterolson Jul 8
      Replying to @DBRodriguez5 @FedSoc and

      Patrice is a reason I long ago tuned out ATL and I feel confirmed in this judgment to find him opining it's "time to put a stop to" practices like describing a judge as well-liked by colleagues.

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      David Lat‏Verified account @DavidLat Jul 8
      Replying to @walterolson @FedSoc @RickGarnett

      I invite you to bookmark/go directly to my author page - it’s a very different experience.https://abovethelaw.com/author/david-lat/ …

      9:56 AM - 8 Jul 2018
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        1. Walter Olson‏Verified account @walterolson Jul 8
          Replying to @DavidLat @FedSoc @RickGarnett

          Thanks, just put that in my RSS reader.

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