Debate: Can a Supreme Court Justice Denounce a Candidate?
Is it ever appropriate or ethical for a justice to announce his or her preference in a presidential election?

Claim: Supreme court justice cannot denounce a candidate
Reason: The Supreme Court justice position is set apart from politics, and thus justices should not participate in politics.
Warrant 0: denouncing a candidate is politics
Warrant 1: denouncing a candidante is not politics
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Supreme court justice can denounce a candidate
Reason: Everyone can have a committed opinion yet have the ability to decide in the best interests of others.
Warrant 0: sometimes freedom of speech cannot be endless
Warrant 1: sometimes freedom of speech cannot be limited
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Supreme court justice can denounce a candidate
Reason: A Justice can voice an opinion on politics without breaching legal ethics.
Warrant 0: judges should appear fair and unbiased
Warrant 1: judges should appear fair and honest
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Supreme court justice can denounce a candidate
Reason: Being a judge doesn't take away their right to vote and their freedom of speech.
Warrant 0: they cannot be trusted to make fair judgments if they are openly opposing a candidate
Warrant 1: they can still be trusted to make fair judgments if they are openly opposing a candidate
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Supreme court justice can denounce a candidate
Reason: Justice Ginsberg can say what she likes.
Warrant 0: her opinion is important when it is being expressed
Warrant 1: her opinion doesn't actually become law simply by being expressed
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Supreme court justice cannot denounce a candidate
Reason: Nazi Germany is an example of political ideology infecting the judicial system.
Warrant 0: Nazi Germany had a very powerful justice system
Warrant 1: Nazi Germany did not have a very powerful justice system
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Supreme court justice cannot denounce a candidate
Reason: Ginsberg is brave for speaking out.
Warrant 0: it does not show that she will be biased against anything that has anything to do with Trump
Warrant 1: it shows she will be biased against anything that has anything to do with Trump
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Supreme court justice cannot denounce a candidate
Reason: The justice is using her role as a citizen not a judge to speak and Trump is an enemy of law.
Warrant 0: the role of a citizen and a supreme court justice are inseparable
Warrant 1: the role of a citizen and a supreme court justice are separable
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Supreme court justice cannot denounce a candidate
Reason: Justices are not prohibited from speaking about topics of interest to them.
Warrant 0: they are interested in the electoral process
Warrant 1: they should not be interested in the electoral process
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Supreme court justice cannot denounce a candidate
Reason: They are entitled to the protections of the first amendment.
Warrant 0: they are protected while they are citizens
Warrant 1: they are protected while they are citizens, but not while they are representing an office
Correct warrant: 1