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		<title>Comment on Dear Lady Gaga, Stop Telephoning Me by Rodney Levoci</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rodney Levoci</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 08:52:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What can I say, we just luv Lady GaGa .</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What can I say, we just luv Lady GaGa .</p>
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		<title>Comment on OrgWatch: WikiLeaks promotes transparency, among other things by Mark Sharp</title>
		<link>http://benevolentbaron.com/2010/04/16/orgwatch-wikileaks-promotes-transparency-among-other-things/comment-page-1/#comment-1226</link>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sharp</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 07:20:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>People are crying regarding some informants outed by Wikileaks. If somebody invaded your country and your neighbor worked with occupiers by passing them information, you would not decision him an informant, you would decision him a collaborator, or presumably a traitor.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>People are crying regarding some informants outed by Wikileaks. If somebody invaded your country and your neighbor worked with occupiers by passing them information, you would not decision him an informant, you would decision him a collaborator, or presumably a traitor.</p>
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		<title>Comment on OrgWatch: WikiLeaks promotes transparency, among other things by dekorasyon</title>
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		<dc:creator>dekorasyon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:43:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just before you start patting each other on the back, Wikileaks had already done the hard word - gaining access to the loot so the press had no choice but to tag along. Julian Assange must be commended though for his choice of newspapers.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just before you start patting each other on the back, Wikileaks had already done the hard word &#8211; gaining access to the loot so the press had no choice but to tag along. Julian Assange must be commended though for his choice of newspapers.</p>
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		<title>Comment on On Microfinance by Colton Diaz</title>
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		<dc:creator>Colton Diaz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:56:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wealth building is a very interesting job. everyone want to have some financial freedom.-:,</description>
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		<title>Comment on Google Laws by Adam</title>
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		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 03:32:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Here is one topic where I think I can chime in.  You are right in that the role of a Supreme Court justice is to interpret the law as written.  However, the Supreme Court only grants cert (in other words, chooses cases to hear) in very gray areas of the law.  Most of the cases chosen are chosen because there is a circuit split, meaning that various federal jurisdictions have different legal rules governing the same or similar set of facts.  In those cases, the Court&#039;s role is to provide a standard or rule that will resolve the circuit split.  

Even when the law is perfectly clear based on stare decisis (precedent), the Court might choose a case because it is considering interpreting the Constitution differently than it had in the past  (think Brown v. Board, Roe v. Wade, or more recently, Citizens United).  As a result, a google search can only provide the legal arguments put forth by the appellant and appellee, as well as the state of the current law, but it cannot provide the &quot;right&quot; answer in a Supreme Court case.  In fact, if such a google search existed, it would never allow Justices to find new rights in the Constitution, and if such a system had been in place in the last century, the Warren Court could not have found public school segregation to be unconstitutional, interracial marriage to be unconstitutional, etc.  In that system, the judicial branch would lose the power of judicial review and would lose equal status with the other two branches of government.     

As an aside, a google search absolutely can provide the right answer in a lower level court case, especially a trial court case, that must rely on existing precedent.  In fact, most legal research today is done using databases that use google-like searches.

More generally, the role of a Supreme Court justice is to employ whatever methodology they feel is appropriate to interpret existing law and apply it to the facts of a real case.  The methodology used (e.g. textualism, structure, original intent, original understanding, tradition, etc.) often results in a different outcome for a given set of facts.  Depending on how skeptical you are of the Court, you might think that a justice chooses the methodology to employ for a given case to fit the outcome that they desire.  Since there is no &quot;correct&quot; methodology, there is never a &quot;correct&quot; answer.   And for this reason, machines would never be able to replace the Supreme Court.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here is one topic where I think I can chime in.  You are right in that the role of a Supreme Court justice is to interpret the law as written.  However, the Supreme Court only grants cert (in other words, chooses cases to hear) in very gray areas of the law.  Most of the cases chosen are chosen because there is a circuit split, meaning that various federal jurisdictions have different legal rules governing the same or similar set of facts.  In those cases, the Court&#8217;s role is to provide a standard or rule that will resolve the circuit split.  </p>
<p>Even when the law is perfectly clear based on stare decisis (precedent), the Court might choose a case because it is considering interpreting the Constitution differently than it had in the past  (think Brown v. Board, Roe v. Wade, or more recently, Citizens United).  As a result, a google search can only provide the legal arguments put forth by the appellant and appellee, as well as the state of the current law, but it cannot provide the &#8220;right&#8221; answer in a Supreme Court case.  In fact, if such a google search existed, it would never allow Justices to find new rights in the Constitution, and if such a system had been in place in the last century, the Warren Court could not have found public school segregation to be unconstitutional, interracial marriage to be unconstitutional, etc.  In that system, the judicial branch would lose the power of judicial review and would lose equal status with the other two branches of government.     </p>
<p>As an aside, a google search absolutely can provide the right answer in a lower level court case, especially a trial court case, that must rely on existing precedent.  In fact, most legal research today is done using databases that use google-like searches.</p>
<p>More generally, the role of a Supreme Court justice is to employ whatever methodology they feel is appropriate to interpret existing law and apply it to the facts of a real case.  The methodology used (e.g. textualism, structure, original intent, original understanding, tradition, etc.) often results in a different outcome for a given set of facts.  Depending on how skeptical you are of the Court, you might think that a justice chooses the methodology to employ for a given case to fit the outcome that they desire.  Since there is no &#8220;correct&#8221; methodology, there is never a &#8220;correct&#8221; answer.   And for this reason, machines would never be able to replace the Supreme Court.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Small enough to matter by Florence</title>
		<link>http://benevolentbaron.com/2010/04/29/small-enough-to-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-436</link>
		<dc:creator>Florence</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 00:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>word. now get over to that credit union and become a founding member!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>word. now get over to that credit union and become a founding member!</p>
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		<title>Comment on Breakin&#8217; from break by e.</title>
		<link>http://benevolentbaron.com/2010/05/11/breakin-from-break/comment-page-1/#comment-433</link>
		<dc:creator>e.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 15:50:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>yup i can relate. congrats on being done and welcome back to the world of blogging :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>yup i can relate. congrats on being done and welcome back to the world of blogging <img src='http://benevolentbaron.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Comment on Dear Lady Gaga, Stop Telephoning Me by JSpaz</title>
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		<dc:creator>JSpaz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 21:51:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This would make for a fabulous theme song for microfinance loan consultants,  May I suggest that Mr. Morales re-write the lyrics to fit?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This would make for a fabulous theme song for microfinance loan consultants,  May I suggest that Mr. Morales re-write the lyrics to fit?</p>
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		<title>Comment on Dear Lady Gaga, Stop Telephoning Me by plus size wool sweaters</title>
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		<dc:creator>plus size wool sweaters</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 05:07:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think Lady Gaga is gorgeous. What an attractive woman!  Her body is absolutely divine. Haters are just waiting for her to fall but they can wait forever!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think Lady Gaga is gorgeous. What an attractive woman!  Her body is absolutely divine. Haters are just waiting for her to fall but they can wait forever!</p>
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		<title>Comment on Dear Lady Gaga, Stop Telephoning Me by Drew</title>
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		<dc:creator>Drew</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 20:58:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>hater! Don&#039;t question Gaga.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hater! Don&#8217;t question Gaga.</p>
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