lazyboy97o
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And it is not just more senior conservative judges making these rulings. It's even more recent appointees who owe their jobs to the people whom they are ruling against. The special master review of the items collected in the search of Mar-A-Lago was ended by conservative judges on the Eleventh Circuit, a majority of whom were appointed by Trump, because Justice Thomas decided the matter didn't need further review. And while there are examples of judges who do very much seem to craft an argument out of their desired outcome, its not usually based on their views of completely different issues regarding completely different legislation because they want to give a win to a particular person.There are exceptions, but most judges, both liberal and conservative, tend to be above politics. Sure, they have their biases and views that color their decisions, but it is less about who scores political points vs the underlying ideology. Case in point - numerous conservative judges have already ruled against various laws proposed and signed by DeSantis. Very few judges, including the supreme court, have any cover for the former President's lawsuits regarding the 2020 election.
These cases are also assigned at random. There is no guarantee that the case ends up before a particular judge or panel of judges. Even if the case can eventually be elevated to a full panel where the majority is known, those bodies will not just take the case without lower court rulings. The state has no injury for which it can claim a need to more immediately escalate to the higher bodies.
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