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The body of the article seems to provide no actual examples of the justices being "confused" by the issue. > At one point, Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan po
by AdamJacobMuller 4y ago
The body of the article seems to provide no actual examples of the justices being "confused" by the issue.
> At one point, Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan pointed out that the question before the court today could be better suited to Congress since the justices are not “the nine greatest experts on the Internet.”
Is suggesting that something is better resolved by legislation (where it can be debated more openly and experts can be consulted) and not court intervention is being "confused" or is it just editorializing by someone who wants activists courts and judges and is upset that the court won't legislate from the bench. It seems to me that is the court (and Kagan) being acutely aware of their own limitations and this is a Very Good Thing.
I've seen a few of these articles and nothing I've seen so far actually demonstrates why they think the judges are confused.
I haven't read the actual transcript yet (I don't think it's out yet) but I suspect that people are misinterpreting the judges asking questions to try to understand the issue as being confused, their ability to ignore that kind of criticism and to be willing to ask "stupid" questions is a good thing which should be praised, not mocked. Judges can not be oracles of information (not on something as esoteric as the internet, not on existing case law, not even on all legislation itself).
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