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A hand-drawn style graph titled "Caley Unified Theory of Legal Realism". Y-axis: "Dipshittery of Underlying Legal Argument" with arrow "argument more dipshitty". X-axis: "Political Constraints (likelihood of mass protest)" with arrow "protests more likely". A diagonal line is labeled "50/50 probability of conservative justices ruling for conservative policy outcomes". Above it: oval "conservatives lose here"; below…

Caley Unified Theory of Legal Realism Chart

A mock scientific chart plotting how bad a legal argument is against the likelihood of mass protest to predict court rulings. A civics-class-style political joke in graph form.

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A hand-drawn style graph titled "Caley Unified Theory of Legal Realism". Y-axis: "Dipshittery of Underlying Legal Argument" with arrow "argument more dipshitty". X-axis: "Political Constraints (likelihood of mass protest)" with arrow "protests more likely". A diagonal line is labeled "50/50 probability of conservative justices ruling for conservative policy outcomes". Above it: oval "conservatives lose here"; below…

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