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This, plus the opinions should not be signed, and dissenting opinions should not be published at all. The current system seems like it’s designed to aggravate
by mullingitover 2y ago
This, plus the opinions should not be signed, and dissenting opinions should not be published at all.
The current system seems like it’s designed to aggravate politics in the very branch that’s intended to be beyond them.
- claytongulick 2y agoDissenting opinions are a crucial part of the process. They're frequently cited by lower courts and in future supreme court cases. The supremes don't always get it right. Dissenting opinions are the mechanism for expressing that reality.
- mullingitover 2y agoWe let them be part of the process by tradition. They’re not constitutional, and they’re irrelevant to the outcome. They’re essentially a participation trophy and they politicize the opinions by offering a glimpse of what could’ve been if the court was packed differently.