The opinions themselves also tend to be quite readable. I try to at least skim most decisions as they come out, to have an idea of what the Supreme Court is doing and why (at least in its own words) it's doing so.
One plus of reading both sides is that, with admitted exceptions, the reasoning of the side I disagree with is rarely as stupid as news reports make it sound. A lot of cases that get to the Supreme Court really do have plausible arguments on each side (the really obvious cases get decided lower down).
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The opinions themselves also tend to be quite readable. I try to at least skim most decisions as they come out, to have an idea of what the Supreme Court is doing and why (at least in its own words) it's doing so.
One plus of reading both sides is that, with admitted exceptions, the reasoning of the side I disagree with is rarely as stupid as news reports make it sound. A lot of cases that get to the Supreme Court really do have plausible arguments on each side (the really obvious cases get decided lower down).