I'm willing to bet everything I have that such abuses have crossed his bench, and been approved by him.
Based on what, your spider-sense?
Second, how exactly does one not characterize a situation in which, "In short, it appears that the government only submits applications that it knows will get approved—after having first gotten them modified to meet that approval," as more or less a rubber stamp?
By using your brain. He's saying the government doesn't take the risk of submitting applications that might be rejected. That does not mean the judge just assumes the government's evidence is good, because the government would never submit anything else. A rubber stamp is where you just approve whatever comes across your desk by default.
Really, I don't think you understand what you're talking about here.
Based on what, your spider-sense?
Second, how exactly does one not characterize a situation in which, "In short, it appears that the government only submits applications that it knows will get approved—after having first gotten them modified to meet that approval," as more or less a rubber stamp?
By using your brain. He's saying the government doesn't take the risk of submitting applications that might be rejected. That does not mean the judge just assumes the government's evidence is good, because the government would never submit anything else. A rubber stamp is where you just approve whatever comes across your desk by default.
Really, I don't think you understand what you're talking about here.