Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts reins in Sotomayor after repeated interruptions

[Ross Dolan]

Normal court procedure is one person talks at a time.

Okay. But with the SCOTUS...the interruptions are FREQUENT and MANY. Not unusual at all.
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The government's lawyer should have been given the opportunity to fully answer then Sotomayor could ask for clarification.

That happens occasionally.

You are correct that she could have...BUT she didn't. And that happens frequently.

Interrupting, repeatedly, the way she did is a common tactic of those that filibuster or that don't want debate but to shut it down. You see it a lot in congressional hearings for example where the witness is for one side.

It happens frequently...and not by just one justice...nor by any justices of a particular mind-set. Liberal justices do it...and so do conservative ones.

Sotomayor wasn't looking for an answer. She was looking to either discredit the testimony or force agreement. Again, you see this in congressional hearings where the congress critter asks complex questions, leading questions, or demands yes or no answers to something nuanced. Usually in court proceedings these things get smacked down either by the judge or by objection of the other party.

TA...it happens and it happen frequently. Stop with the nonsense about this particular instance.

 

[Jarod]

Okay. But with the SCOTUS...the interruptions are FREQUENT and MANY. Not unusual at all.
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That happens occasionally.

You are correct that she could have...BUT she didn't. And that happens frequently.


It happens frequently...and not by just one justice...nor by any justices of a particular mind-set. Liberal justices do it...and so do conservative ones.


TA...it happens and it happen frequently. Stop with the nonsense about this particular instance.

OmG, he said…. "Can I hear the rest of his answer?"

Ohhh he really let her have it!

 

[Ross Dolan]

OmG, he said…. "Can I hear the rest of his answer?"

Ohhh he really let her have it!

Yeah. I have no idea of why this guy is making such a big deal about this. When a Justice interrupts an answer, it is not unusual for one of the other Justices to ask to hear a more complete answer.

The thread is a joke...and so is its author.

 

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Well they do tend to follow the Constitution.

Only when it serves them

As noted, the Originalism/Textualism bullshit is pure bullshit, as Thomas mistakenly stated in his opening question in the immunity hearings, no where in the Constitution does it say the President has immunity, but he and the others still voted to give him immunity

 

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Stupid Sotomayor trying to dominate the lawyers. Roberts wanted to hear what the lawyers were saying not what stupid Sotomayor had to say.

Sotomayor dominated questioning for several minutes at the outset of Thursday's argument after taking over from Justice Clarence Thomas.

That’s what they all do, why they are given time to ask questions

And the irony is that Sauer was avoiding answering her question and after Roberts asked to allow him to finish his response Sotomayor continued on with the same question

Your reading more drama into than actually occurred