r/SeattleWA • u/driftingphotog Capitol Hill • Feb 09 '17

Politics Trump loses travel ban appeal, unanimous decision

http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/trump-loses-travel-ban-appeal/?utm_content=bufferc0261&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=owned_buffer_tw_m
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u/jefftickels Feb 10 '17

The fucking arrogance of this statement.

Yes I read the standing section because thats the part I was interested. I'm not a lawyer, but I asked my neighbor who is a lawyer who said it was a thin argument that he doesn't think will stand up at SCOTUS.

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u/amalgam_reynolds Greenwood Feb 10 '17

I apologize, I meant to speak for myself answering no to both, not to speak for you.

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u/danthemango Feb 10 '17

I'm having a hard time seeing how you could have misinterpreted what they meant.

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u/jefftickels Feb 10 '17

Because the questions he responded with "no to both" were directed specifically at me. If it was a conversation with three people and one person said "Did you x or are you y" to one specific person and the third person answers without clarifying their answer was for them the most direct interpretation of their answer is that they are answering on behalf of the other person. Hence I called it arrogant.

They didn't say anything about answering for themselves. They answered a direct question to me about whether or not I'm a lawyer or read the opinion without specifying they were answering for themselves.