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(1)</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-05-22T19:54:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/2017/05/15/easy-reading/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/range2.png</image:loc><image:title>Range</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/mostreadable.png</image:loc><image:title>MostReadable</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-05-16T15:24:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/2017/05/08/attorneys-and-firms-2016/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/amicusgroup.png</image:loc><image:title>AmicusGroup</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/amicusfirm.png</image:loc><image:title>AmicusFirm</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/amicusattorney.png</image:loc><image:title>AmicusAttorney</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/meritsfirm.png</image:loc><image:title>MeritsFirm</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/meritsattorney.png</image:loc><image:title>MeritsAttorney</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-05-09T17:41:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/2017/01/04/amicus-oral-argument/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/attorneys1.png</image:loc><image:title>attorneys</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/overtime1.png</image:loc><image:title>overtime</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/partyone.png</image:loc><image:title>partyone</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/partymorethan1.png</image:loc><image:title>partymorethan1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-05-03T22:49:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/2017/05/02/oral-arguments-2016/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/justpiewords1.png</image:loc><image:title>JustPieWords</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/maxwordsargjustice.png</image:loc><image:title>MaxWordsArgJustice</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/wordsperutterancejust.png</image:loc><image:title>Wordsperutterancejust</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/questionsarg.png</image:loc><image:title>QuestionsArg</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/justqs.png</image:loc><image:title>JustQs</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/alljustspeak.png</image:loc><image:title>AllJustSpeak</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/withgorsuchjustspeak.png</image:loc><image:title>WithGorsuchJustSpeak</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/pregorsuchjustspeak.png</image:loc><image:title>PreGorsuchJustSpeak</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/justicetalkstats_151.png</image:loc><image:title>JusticeTalkStats_15</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/pre-words.png</image:loc><image:title>Pre-Words</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-05-03T20:22:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/2017/04/25/justice-thomas-discontent/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/douglasdissent.png</image:loc><image:title>Douglasdissent</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/thomdougdissentfreq.png</image:loc><image:title>ThomDougDissentFreq</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/writtendissentcompare.png</image:loc><image:title>WrittenDissentCompare</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ocasio.png</image:loc><image:title>Ocasio</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/montgomery.png</image:loc><image:title>Montgomery</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/foster.png</image:loc><image:title>Foster</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/directv.png</image:loc><image:title>DirecTV</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/disagreethomas.png</image:loc><image:title>DisagreeThomas</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/thomdissent.png</image:loc><image:title>ThomDissent</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/discountfrom2014.png</image:loc><image:title>DisCountfrom2014</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-04-26T15:13:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/2017/04/20/the-new-normal/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/gorwordspercentofalljusticesspeech.png</image:loc><image:title>GorWordsPercentofallJusticesSpeech</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/allqspercase.png</image:loc><image:title>AllQsPerCase</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/greatestfracqspercase.png</image:loc><image:title>GreatestFracQsPerCase</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/gorqsstates.png</image:loc><image:title>GorQsStates</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/trinitytalking.png</image:loc><image:title>TrinityTalking</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/gorsuchtrinitytalking.png</image:loc><image:title>GorsuchTrinityTalking</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/perrytalking.png</image:loc><image:title>PerryTalking</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/allwordsperry2.png</image:loc><image:title>AllWordsPerry</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/gorwordsarg.png</image:loc><image:title>GorWordsArg</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/gorsuchtext2.png</image:loc><image:title>Gorsuchtext2</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-04-21T17:49:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/2017/04/12/below-the-surface/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/blumpoldat.png</image:loc><image:title>BlumPoldat</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/blumtalk.png</image:loc><image:title>BlumTalk</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/coonspol.png</image:loc><image:title>CoonsPol</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/coonstalk.png</image:loc><image:title>CoonsTalk</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/frankenpol.png</image:loc><image:title>FrankenPol</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/frankentalk.png</image:loc><image:title>FrankenTalk</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/feinsteinpol.png</image:loc><image:title>FeinsteinPol</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/feinsteintalk.png</image:loc><image:title>FeinsteinTalk</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/plot-12.png</image:loc><image:title>Plot 12</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://empiricalscotus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/plot-12-1.png</image:loc><image:title>Plot 12 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