Comment by SickThings2018 on 24/06/2022 at 15:44 UTC

It is expected that supreme court nominees are above using double speak to hide their plans to put their religious beliefs into law. Badgering them about the subject is not normally done. You can say it is not a lie and you can also say they specifically worded it that way to mislead. Which is a lie of a worse stripe.

Conservatives are more than willing to lie and mince words to get their way. At every level lying is pretty much their main tool now.

Democrats just let it happen.

Progressives need to replace democrats. Conservatives will not stop their march to fascism until they are stopped.

Comment by thewoogier at 24/06/2022 at 17:29 UTC

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So if you as a Supreme Court justice believe that Roe vs Wade is an important precedent, that inherently means you will try to overturn it? Supreme Court justices overturn precedents they think are important? It's straight up lying.

Comment by fishy247 at 24/06/2022 at 17:48 UTC

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It’s just a compilation of craven little beings doing despicable shit.

Comment by [deleted] at 24/06/2022 at 18:11 UTC

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You would have to understand what the terms court precedent, stare decisis, and in the case of Thomas, the right to privacy mean.

They are clearly lying but, if your ignorant or playing ignorant you could pretend they are not.

Comment by user745786 at 24/06/2022 at 18:32 UTC

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Most people call it “lawyer speak”.

Comment by Bennyboy1337 at 24/06/2022 at 18:51 UTC

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They're not supposed to, they would have given similar answers had you asked them if they believed the 1st or 2nd amendment were important and should be upheld or other landmark cases.

Comment by w41twh4t at 24/06/2022 at 18:59 UTC

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Clicks and Leftist outrage.

Comment by [deleted] at 24/06/2022 at 19:06 UTC

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Then you should post this to /r/technicallythetruth

No reason to get upset everybody! No reason to feel disgusted or betrayed or misled. They were arguably, technically, honest.

Comment by ad895 at 24/06/2022 at 19:38 UTC

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The main thing missing as well where the questions they where asked. All these answers could have been to the question will you uphold roe v Wade in your decisions on cases.

Comment by pinkshirtbadman at 24/06/2022 at 19:38 UTC

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I'm basically with you on this, that there's no explicit "I will not..." promise here

However, there are more ways to be dishonest than just a black and white lie. "I never actually *said* that (just intentionally led you to a conclusion that isn't the truth)" is a scumbag defense

Comment by sinnerou at 24/06/2022 at 19:43 UTC

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Calling it "settled law" is obviously meant to give the impression that they would not overturn the decision. Violating the spirit of truth with the letter of truth is for 17 year olds with no emotional maturity and evil ass faeries from old stories.

Comment by WhatHappened2WinWin at 24/06/2022 at 20:24 UTC

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It's doublespeak moron. The irony here is you think you've got an angle on this and are helping educate, but in reality you're just acting like a pompous turd who doesn't see the prize at the end of the tunnel

Else you'd have pointed it out after addressing the obvious manipulative/misleading language/words they used.

Comment by theredranger8 at 26/06/2022 at 05:11 UTC

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The purpose is to post a video with a headline CLAIMING that they lied. People who pay a lick of attention and actually watch the video can see that it's BS. But a large chunk of people will just see the headline and the fact that there was a video attached. Particularly for people who were already primed and WANTING to believe this lie, a lot of that chunk of people are going to internalize that, "I saw that post about how the judges lied about their intentions".