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Bonny Forrest's avatar

Didn't Gorsuch write Virginia Uranium? That case seems to move away from a conflict preemption analysis to say that the FRCP occupy the "field."

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David J. Sharp's avatar

Another intriguing journey—admirably studying a problem I didn’t know existed.

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David J. Sharp's avatar

But I wonder whether studying the Supreme Court’s “historical treatment of precedence” is applicable for this particular court … it (the court) seems to look at the past only when it supports a conservative outlook.

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Adam Feldman's avatar

In my opinion a holistic case preview analysis would be incomplete if it didn't mention relevant past cases. This helps constitute the universe of potentially guiding cases. It doesn't convey if and how the precedent will be leveraged.

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David J. Sharp's avatar

Oh, I am not really criticizing your analysis methods … I just wanted to point out that the study of the past won’t help when the current players don’t play by those past rules. Nor any of the previous century’s rules or practices. Hope I’m wrong.

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Adam Feldman's avatar

I assumed. Just wanted to provide my general disclaimer.

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David J. Sharp's avatar

An ass worth covering.

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Adam Feldman's avatar

You got a laugh out of me on that one.

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