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Retrograde

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4. I get the impresson that Alito decides on his preferred outcome

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Sat May 9, 2026, 05:44 PM

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first, them goes looking for laws, legal analyses to back it up. And if he can't find anything, he either contorts the law or the facts until they fit. Or he just makes up stuff as he goes along.

At least Taney was open about his bigotry.

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Alito leaned on erroneous claim that black voter turnout now tops white voter turnout, in his ruling gutting the VRA [View all] bigtree Saturday OP

Condensed version: Dude's a stone-cold liar struggle4progress Saturday #1

and his ruling should be invalidated bigtree Saturday #3

Alito is a rwnj douche bag, IMHO... wcmagumba Saturday #2

I get the impresson that Alito decides on his preferred outcome Retrograde Saturday #4

I think it's created a wanton recklessness in rulings by some lower courts bigtree Saturday #5