Clement replied, in essence, that the court should not supplant the considered judgments of the other branches of government.

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So why not consciously seek to process the past with our objective brains, instead of letting our emotional minds leap to ill-considered judgments?

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Gladwell argues that there are lots of situations when instant judgments are better than considered thought.

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