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Senior Writer @NRO. Reaganite, Catholic, Mets fan, ex-lawyer. Opinions 100% my own, but you can share them. Not the Cardinals broadcaster.

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    Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Jul 1

    Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Dave Weigel

    The view that Sotomayor was not up to the job was widely held by people who actually practiced in her courtrooms. My own view on this was heavily influenced by the inept hash she made of class action law in a 2001 case that the 2d Circuit had to explicitly disavow 5 years later.https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/1410650385610690561 …

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    Dave WeigelVerified account @daveweigel
    One of the better @mattyglesias obsessions: The 2009 consensus by liberal legal pundits that Sotomayor wasn't smart enough to be on SCOTUS. Totally memory-holed, though the same pundits are probably ready to it again if KBJ gets nominated. https://www.slowboring.com/p/whats-the-matter-with-stephen-breyer … pic.twitter.com/EI6BO0r2TQ
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      2. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Jul 1

        I avoided saying that explicitly at the time, of course, because I was still in private practice and you can't badmouth the competence of a judge in your Circuit who could end up hearing one of your cases.

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      3. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Jul 1

        I've never argued something as a pundit that was not my actual opinion, but it is good to be free of the need to clam up on some things that I could not say while I was a practicing lawyer with client interests to respect.

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      1. Jim McCarthy‏ @jam3ohio Jul 1
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        My beef was more with Kagan, and it seems that her workload is very light.

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      1. Joe‏ @joec522 Jul 1
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        Sotomayor is a Yankees fan. That is a major plus in any analysis.

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      1. legal beagle‏ @legalisbeaglis Jul 1
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        No one could have that view of Amy Conan O'Brien. She never worked in a trial court.

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      1. Eskunder Boyd‏ @EskunderB Jul 1
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        I have a classmate from law school. He is now a Judge. Very conservative. He thinks that she is the one Justice that appreciates being a trial Judge. There is room for political disagreement and liking her style.

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