My galaxy brain take is the court would be like 15% less megalomaniacal if they got rid of the robes, it’s human nature to feel vaguely like a wizard when you wear one
Jun 28, 2024 at 20:28 UTC
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Nah, the likes of Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, etc. would be exactly the same even if they were wearing Hello Kitty pajamas.
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Maybe the answer is that all the rest of us should start wearing robes, too.
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It would be like when you see a collie drenched in water. One second magnificent, the next, "OMG it's a chihuahua."
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I just wore regalia for a thesis defense in the Netherlands, can confirm
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The Canadian supreme court has even weirder robes and while we have our problems they are not catastrophic in the same way
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I agree. I have space wizard robes and I am insufferable when I put them on.
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Also, do they need a fucking law palace, really? Can't they just work out of a storefront with no AC next to an underperforming Chinese restaurant and an IGA?
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At some point, they become one with the robe and are forced to do what it wills.
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they are certainly performing some magical rabbit out of the hat jurisprudence
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