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Re:Sotomayor writes 9-0 opinion supporting NRA in First Amen... by vlovich123 on Thursday May 30, 2024 @04:23PM (#40528187)
Why do you say that? They battled FDR over the New Deal for example which was more political than any kind of principled analysis of the law. Here's an article from 2023 alluding to negotiations within the court [1]

> decisions issued this month have shown several cross-ideological alliances and likely reflected negotiations among small factions.

Not sure where you get that this isn't supposed to happen. Indeed, negotiation is expected largely because you'd think that judges would sacrifice their personal politics to enact decisions or communicate them in a way to strengthen the overall institution.

[1] https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/15/politics/supreme-court-backch...

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Re:Sotomayor writes 9-0 opinion supporting NRA in First Amen... by daveguy on Thursday May 30, 2024 @04:30PM (#40528279)
Negotiation, "I'll give you this for that", is very different from legal argument, "This is my interpretation of the law, and I will explain why it is correct." Some may call that negotiation of opinion, but I think there is an important distinction. I seriously doubt they are doing the former.
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Re:Sotomayor writes 9-0 opinion supporting NRA in First Amen... by dylan604 on Thursday May 30, 2024 @04:37PM (#40528377)
That's effectively the judges arguing merits amongst themselves. I would actually think this a good thing. "I'll give you a paid vacation in a posh RV and flights on a private jet" is absolutely a totally different animal.
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