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>Selection bias kind of leads to an assumption that those who work for the court support the neutrality and processes of the court That may be true, but a key

>Selection bias kind of leads to an assumption that those who work for the court support the neutrality and processes of the court That may be true, but a key issue with this reasoning is that there has been an increasing opinion that the move to overturn Roe v Wade is an explicitly partisan affair precipitated by bad-faith manipulations of recent SC appointments from the conservative side.

cudgy 4y ago
Clerks work at the Supreme Court for short periods of time, and most of these clerks are brilliant people that would succeed in almost any job. If a clerk felt strongly enough about a polarizing, complex issue such as abortion and also knew they would be considered heroes by others of similar beliefs, taking an action such as this is not only implausible but could quite possibly vault the leaker into legendary status.
- zerocrates 4y ago
  I think you have an extra "im-" (or a missing "not") around "implausible" there.
- michaelmrose 4y ago
  Institutions with any sort of money prestige power to hand out only value loyalty and societies destroy defectors because they ultimately don't now and have never valued ethics decency or morality. We only like rebellion when its a prepackages story about someone whose values and loyalty are aligned with the present winners about their rebellion against now disgraced and powerless losers. We aren't good people we just play them on TV. They would be more likely to get a legendary amount of shares on facebook while their actual life crashed even if folks didn't find a way to put them in jail based on a usefully broad interpretation of the CFAA for example. One could imagine that they face merely professional ruin NOW but face actual legal action only years hence when the administration changed for example. It would an extremely dubious position to be in.
forgetfulness 4y ago
Roe v Wade is already a result of the politicization of the US Supreme Court, which is used an an upper-upper-house to pass legislation for which there is no consensus, by both parties. This has resulted in a continued erosion of institutions.
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cudgy 4y ago

Clerks work at the Supreme Court for short periods of time, and most of these clerks are brilliant people that would succeed in almost any job. If a clerk felt strongly enough about a polarizing, complex issue such as abortion and also knew they would be considered heroes by others of similar beliefs, taking an action such as this is not only implausible but could quite possibly vault the leaker into legendary status.

zerocrates 4y ago
I think you have an extra "im-" (or a missing "not") around "implausible" there.
michaelmrose 4y ago
Institutions with any sort of money prestige power to hand out only value loyalty and societies destroy defectors because they ultimately don't now and have never valued ethics decency or morality. We only like rebellion when its a prepackages story about someone whose values and loyalty are aligned with the present winners about their rebellion against now disgraced and powerless losers. We aren't good people we just play them on TV. They would be more likely to get a legendary amount of shares on facebook while their actual life crashed even if folks didn't find a way to put them in jail based on a usefully broad interpretation of the CFAA for example. One could imagine that they face merely professional ruin NOW but face actual legal action only years hence when the administration changed for example. It would an extremely dubious position to be in.

forgetfulness 4y ago

Roe v Wade is already a result of the politicization of the US Supreme Court, which is used an an upper-upper-house to pass legislation for which there is no consensus, by both parties. This has resulted in a continued erosion of institutions.

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