[Lmo56]

What a crock of sh*t this article is ...

Cases aren’t decided during oral arguments. Orals are “dog and pony” shows for the public. Liberals don’t sway Conservatives or vice-versa in these public forums. Although, one can get the sense of the tenor of a case from each of the justices questions.

Most of the decisions are made [and possibly persuaded] during private meetings [usually one-on-one] between justices.

For example, in Brown v. Board of Education, Earl Warren decided that he needed a unanimous Court for the decision in order to send the message. The ruling was delayed by months so that he could personally persuade the Southern Conservatives on the Court to get on board.

[LostInBayport]

Most of the decisions are made [and possibly persuaded] during private meetings [usually one-on-one] between justices.

There was an interesting special a while back (after the allegedly wise Latina was confirmed) that went behind the scenes at SCOTUS. I believe the justices sit around a table and discuss each case after oral argument, and then depart to write opinions. They pass preliminary opinions to each other and sometimes they change their minds in that process.

I would love to be a fly in the wall in that general meeting. I suspect that as a routine Roberts, Alito, Thomas & Scalia are to Kagan and Sotomayor what Brit Hume is to Juan Williams on Fox News Sunday. In other words, they rip the libs arguments to shreds with ease, leaving them sitting there in fuming silence. The libs vote their feeeeelings and commie viewpoints anyway.