glamorgan (part 2)

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I find myself reading the actual°hard word transcript°hard word, and wondering how Mr°hard word. Yalowitz°hard word actually kept°hard word a straight face.

JUSTICE GORSUCH°hard word: So, if I've°hard word got it right, you want us to adopt°hard word the fundamental°hard word fairness°hard word language from our Fourteenth°hard word Amendment°hard word jurisprudence°hard word but give it different content°hard word in the Fifth Amendment°hard word. Is that fair?

MR°hard word. YALOWITZ°hard word: I don't°hard word think you have to adopt°hard word the fundamental°hard word fairness°hard word --

JUSTICE GORSUCH°hard word: No. But, to get your°hard word five votes°hard word, that's°hard word -- you're°hard word willing to do that?

MR°hard word. YALOWITZ°hard word: I would be willing --

JUSTICE GORSUCH°hard word: Yeah°hard word.

MR°hard word. YALOWITZ°hard word: -- to do that.

JUSTICE GORSUCH°hard word: Okay°hard word. And if we did that --

MR°hard word. YALOWITZ°hard word: I'm°hard word not°hard word going to lie.

So far I don't°hard word see how anyone could think any of the justices would support Mr°hard word. Yalowitz°hard word, who is arguing°hard word to overturn°hard word the case.

⚔️ well, actually, there may be another lawyer with better arguments.

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JUSTICE THOMAS°hard word: Didn't°hard word the Justice Department°hard word take a different position in the 1980s, that the PLO°hard word did not°hard word have constitutional°hard word rights?

MR°hard word. KNEEDLER°hard word: Well, you say a different position. We're°hard word not°hard word taking a position here. But, in those -- those cases were --

JUSTICE THOMAS°hard word: Well, it's°hard word different from the non-position°hard word.

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Mr°hard word. Berger°hard word makes an admirable°hard word attempt at a very silly°hard word position he is forced°hard word to take:

JUSTICE THOMAS°hard word: Mr°hard word. Berger°hard word, I know this is not°hard word the center°hard word of your°hard word argument, but could you just explain how PLO°hard word and PA°hard word are persons within°hard word the meaning of the Fifth and Fourteenth°hard word Amendment°hard word?

MR°hard word. BERGER°hard word: Yes. Absolutely, Justice Thomas°hard word. And I would respectfully°hard word draw the

Court's°hard word attention back to the February 2018 amicus°hard word brief°hard word filed°hard word by the United States in an earlier round of this case, in which the government's°hard word non-position°hard word was considerably°hard word more of a position and basically°hard word said°hard word there's°hard word only one type of person that this Court's°hard word precedent°hard word has recognized°hard word is excluded°hard word from the Due Process Clause°hard word and that's°hard word sovereigns°hard word. And, because the PA°hard word and the PLO°hard word are not°hard word recognized°hard word as°hard word sovereign°hard word by the United States, they are by default°hard word persons entitled°hard word to due process protection°hard word. ... But, ultimately°hard word, it's°hard word binary°hard word, right? If -- if -- you're°hard word either a person for purposes of the Due Process Clause°hard word and entitled°hard word to due process protections°hard word, or you're°hard word a sovereign°hard word state and you're°hard word entitled°hard word to the protections°hard word of the Foreign°hard word Sovereign°hard word Immunities°hard word Act, but there's°hard word no no-man's-land°hard word where you're°hard word neither a sovereign°hard word state nor°hard word a person.

Alito°hard word seems the only one to buy into the theories:

JUSTICE ALITO°hard word: What exactly is the unfairness°hard word in -- in this case?

MR°hard word. BERGER°hard word: In --

JUSTICE ALITO°hard word: It's°hard word the -- it's°hard word too burdensome°hard word to litigate°hard word this in New York°hard word where the PA°hard word and the PLO°hard word conduct°hard word some activities°hard word?

MR°hard word. BERGER°hard word: Well, so --

JUSTICE ALITO°hard word: What's°hard word the unfairness°hard word?

🔥 it is somewhat°hard word amazing°hard word that only one of the Supreme°hard word Court justices is a partisan°hard word hack°hard word.

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It is hard to imagine anyone other than Alito°hard word supporting the position that the court should find jurisdiction°hard word.