Sharon McMahon

Wow, that was nice of you.

Wow, that was nice of you.

Got my first F. Four people out of nine have to want to hear it. But here's the other thing is that that's not a law. There's no law that says four people have to want to hear it. They just decided that for themselves. They could change that at any point. They make all of their own rules. So yes, the tradition of four out of nine have to want to hear the case is just a tradition.

Got my first F. Four people out of nine have to want to hear it. But here's the other thing is that that's not a law. There's no law that says four people have to want to hear it. They just decided that for themselves. They could change that at any point. They make all of their own rules. So yes, the tradition of four out of nine have to want to hear the case is just a tradition.

Got my first F. Four people out of nine have to want to hear it. But here's the other thing is that that's not a law. There's no law that says four people have to want to hear it. They just decided that for themselves. They could change that at any point. They make all of their own rules. So yes, the tradition of four out of nine have to want to hear the case is just a tradition.

There's no external governing body that dictates these things to them. So four people have to want to hear it. And the fact that they have a six-person ideological consensus means that they are more likely to take up political cases.

There's no external governing body that dictates these things to them. So four people have to want to hear it. And the fact that they have a six-person ideological consensus means that they are more likely to take up political cases.

There's no external governing body that dictates these things to them. So four people have to want to hear it. And the fact that they have a six-person ideological consensus means that they are more likely to take up political cases.

And so even though the majority of the cases are not highly political, the majority of the cases are kind of boring, they're administrative, they're pertaining to one specific criminal, doesn't extrapolate to the country at large necessarily. Even though that is true, the willingness of the court

And so even though the majority of the cases are not highly political, the majority of the cases are kind of boring, they're administrative, they're pertaining to one specific criminal, doesn't extrapolate to the country at large necessarily. Even though that is true, the willingness of the court

And so even though the majority of the cases are not highly political, the majority of the cases are kind of boring, they're administrative, they're pertaining to one specific criminal, doesn't extrapolate to the country at large necessarily. Even though that is true, the willingness of the court

to take on these highly politicized cases like affirmative action, like abortion, like transgender medical care, because they now have a crucial majority who wants to hear a certain type of case.

to take on these highly politicized cases like affirmative action, like abortion, like transgender medical care, because they now have a crucial majority who wants to hear a certain type of case.

to take on these highly politicized cases like affirmative action, like abortion, like transgender medical care, because they now have a crucial majority who wants to hear a certain type of case.

Yes, that's right. To varying degrees. Even within the six, there's a spectrum.

Yes, that's right. To varying degrees. Even within the six, there's a spectrum.

Yes, that's right. To varying degrees. Even within the six, there's a spectrum.

They feel empowered to take up cases that they maybe would not have felt empowered to take up before because they have a level of consensus amongst themselves that the case is going to be decided in a way that they feel is favorable.

They feel empowered to take up cases that they maybe would not have felt empowered to take up before because they have a level of consensus amongst themselves that the case is going to be decided in a way that they feel is favorable.

They feel empowered to take up cases that they maybe would not have felt empowered to take up before because they have a level of consensus amongst themselves that the case is going to be decided in a way that they feel is favorable.