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[–]slushpilot 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

So, I'm not even American but I find this whole episode fascinating. The party in power is only doing what is within their right (and mandate) to do by appointing a new justice, while the opposition is claiming she's some kind of cultist or a puppet without a brain of her own.

So I found a speech of hers, maybe it was posted here on Saidit, and thought okay let's see what she has to say for herself instead of reading interpretations and analyses. And you know what? She's a perfectly reasonable person who in 2016 hoped that whatever justice was appointed to replace Scalia would be someone who can look at the law impartially and even vote against their own personal belief when a reasonable interpretation of the constitution tells them so.

Less and less now I'm willing to trust even news articles or "trusted" sources to tell me how to interpret things & judge people. It seems the only way is to find out is to seek out the person's own writing or an actual video of them speaking for themselves. Anything else is just hot takes out of context.

[–]wecandobetter 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Same. I listened to her speak at her confirmation. She's incredibly bright. Has an autodidactic memory of law and history. I think she'll be a great justice.