re: #162 Belafon
And, mysteriously, none of that would apply to a Democrat in the same position.
Unfortunately, some serious law profs still aren’t prepared to accept that there’s politics being played at:
P.S. For those of you who’ve been responding that Rao’s opinion is unsurprising because Trump appointed her, please stop: There’s plenty to criticize on the merits; no need to emulate Trump by insinuating that judges won’t call things straight w/r/t the POTUS who appointed them.
— Marty Lederman (@marty_lederman) October 11, 2019
It’s possibly the most naive thing I could think of to say in light of this. This shit is almost exactly why Rao was put on the bench to begin with. The partisanship is exactly the point.