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exboyfil

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12. He is tabula rasa as far as judicial decisions

Reply to bigdarryl (Original post)

Mon Feb 15, 2016, 01:00 AM

Feb 2016

You cannot infer much from his work as a corporate or administration lawyer as to how he would vote. He is very qualified for the position though.

I suspect he would be like John Roberts or possibly Anthony Kennedy. Given his age you are looking at 30-40 years here.

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He is tabula rasa as far as judicial decisions exboyfil Feb 2016 #12