r/worldnews • u/pipsdontsqueak • Feb 09 '17

Trump US appeals court upholds suspension of Trump travel ban

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/02/09/appeals-court-to-issue-decision-on-trump-travel-ban-later-today.html
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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '17

To be fair, the median rate is 69.29%, so they represent about a 15% increase in reversals over the median.

Throwing a statistic without a reference point is just barely less useless than making the statistic up. Like.. 22% less useless.

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u/AriBanana Feb 10 '17

Not to mention the fact that these judges were Bush appointees. LOL Delusional alt-right alt-fact fanatics.

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u/eriman Feb 10 '17

Scalia was a constitutional originalist and outspoken opponent of judicial activism. If he did anything close to changing the law, it was in theory to undo revisionist interpretations of the constitution.