3. why do the judges reference other cases in their explanations?

To show reference, and similarities in cases. Other cases may even be relevant to current cases. They may also, do so if they think the unsolved case could have something to do with the current suspect of a case.

he was tryna get clout

in "people in peace, not profit and war" chrisholm uses inductive reasoning for her argument against defense spending by stating that the new administration, like most americans, wanted to invest in social objectives, so they must not want to prioritize defense spending. mr. nixon said "we can delay no longer in launching new approaches to the problem that beset them", but chrisholm points out that the programs were delayed anyways.