Dan Epps
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dobbs gets rid of the abortion precedents and specifically calls out these precedents as distorted yeah is that enough like out of the court's test i guess you need magic words to overrule cases is that uh not quite enough to actually overrule those cases or is that enough to uh you know kind of put them on shaky ground that's interesting certainly puts them on shaky ground i don't i don't think it should count as as an overruling only other thing
dobbs gets rid of the abortion precedents and specifically calls out these precedents as distorted yeah is that enough like out of the court's test i guess you need magic words to overrule cases is that uh not quite enough to actually overrule those cases or is that enough to uh you know kind of put them on shaky ground that's interesting certainly puts them on shaky ground i don't i don't think it should count as as an overruling only other thing
Seven. Seven kind of ones from today. Okay. It's a bunch. There were two today, right? There were two today. There were three Friday and two yesterday.
Seven. Seven kind of ones from today. Okay. It's a bunch. There were two today, right? There were two today. There were three Friday and two yesterday.
You prepped this case a long time ago for an oral account review we never did.
You prepped this case a long time ago for an oral account review we never did.
Right. And so the notes they really care about, right, is this figure one in Justice Thomas' dissent. He has a little picture of the notes.
Right. And so the notes they really care about, right, is this figure one in Justice Thomas' dissent. He has a little picture of the notes.
And basically over the left-hand corner, it says in tiny print on lithium, question mark, Dr. Trumpet, question mark. And that's the- That's the smoking gun, right?
And basically over the left-hand corner, it says in tiny print on lithium, question mark, Dr. Trumpet, question mark. And that's the- That's the smoking gun, right?
And just to be clear on, to put on perjured testimony means the prosecution calls a witness, the witness lies, and the prosecution knows they're lying. Yeah, prosecution is no. All right. And if the person is just mistaken and the prosecution knows they're mistaken- then it's not a Nipu violation. If they're not lying, but just making a mistake. Yeah.
And just to be clear on, to put on perjured testimony means the prosecution calls a witness, the witness lies, and the prosecution knows they're lying. Yeah, prosecution is no. All right. And if the person is just mistaken and the prosecution knows they're mistaken- then it's not a Nipu violation. If they're not lying, but just making a mistake. Yeah.
Like there was some possibility that discussed in these, in these opinions that maybe Sneed was delusional about his own mental abilities. Maybe he didn't think he was mentally ill. Right. Yeah. If you, if you imagine that Sneed did not, did not believe no matter he's prescribed lithium for his mental illness, but he doesn't believe that's why he's prescribed lithium.
Like there was some possibility that discussed in these, in these opinions that maybe Sneed was delusional about his own mental abilities. Maybe he didn't think he was mentally ill. Right. Yeah. If you, if you imagine that Sneed did not, did not believe no matter he's prescribed lithium for his mental illness, but he doesn't believe that's why he's prescribed lithium.