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delichonlast Wednesday at 8:18 PM2 repliesview on HN

> If you think the Roberts court would have let Joe Biden have this much power well then I have a bridge and some student loans to sell you

Yes, I do think the time horizon of every SCOTUS member is longer than four years. I believe Gorsuch when he says:

  I appreciate that, but you also appreciate that we're writing a rule for the ages. -- https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2023/23-939_3fb4.pdf
I think that they all have the hubris to see themselves as part of history and write their opinions for future generations. Not that they aren't biased by current events, but that they see themselves as larger than that.

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Forgeties79yesterday at 2:37 PM

> I think that they all have the hubris to see themselves as part of history and write their opinions for future generations.

Which some of them see as an opportunity

miltonlostlast Wednesday at 8:40 PM

I bet you also think Originalists are consistent in their applitcaiton of their methodology. lmao