• neatchee@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I don’t have faith in their ethics or logic. But I do have faith in their understanding that backing the 8th Circuit on this would be political suicide. It would catalyze their opponents in a way they are not interested in

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      1 year ago

      That’s the great thing about lifetime appointments: they don’t have to care about their opponents at all (up until the point of violence).

      • lolcatnip@reddthat.com
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        They can’t lose their jobs, but they can sabotage the outcomes they want to achieve. If they didn’t care about achieving something through their work, they’d just go on vacation for the rest of their lives.