Maybe it's laziness then
I don't recall Sotormayor having to correct opinions she'd drafted because they were factually inaccurate. (And maybe she did, but I honestly don't recall that) His apparently waffling on ICE's ability to make a stop based solely on apparent ethnicity doesn't scream intellectual either. What did he think was going to happen? I'll admit that my view of Brett is tainted by a friend who worked in the White House with him and didn't have much good to stay about him, despite being as died in the wool of a Republican as I know.  Previous Message Previous Message Whether lazy, dumb or disnterested, he's not shown off to be a bright shining intellectual. Not that the GOP is exactly aiming for that kind of jurist. Previous Message
Barrett has been itching to overturn Roe since kindergarten. Religious nuts can be unpredictable, though, and she's unremarkable in that sense.
Kavanaugh is a political operative. That's not new, but he's not a disinterested actor.
Gorsuch is the wild card, but was believed to be the kind of anti-regulation/anti-government libertarian that oil companies need on their side.
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