“IIRC, Thomas was the justice who accepted the case presented in Dec 2008 claiming Obama wasn’t qualified to be President based on his father being Kenyan.
Thomas didn’t “accept” any case. Every case filed in the Supreme Court gets heard at a conference.
It went for conference with the 9 justices, and at least 6 thought the case wasn’t worth hearing. That means 0-3 thought it was...and I’d assume Thomas makes it at least 1.
There were no recorded dissents from any of the Supreme Court’s denials of certiorari in eligibility cases. “
I don’t understand it, what does this mean?
“There were no recorded dissents from any of the Supreme Court’s denials of certiorari in eligibility cases. “
Very often, when the Supreme Court refuses to hear a case ("grant certiorari"), the Court's order will say: "Certiorari denied. Justice ___ dissents." Sometimes, a justice will even write a dissenting opinion explaining why they think the case should have been heard. No justice recorded any dissent in any Obama eligibility case (I think there have been 7 or so that reached the Court, all denied).
It’s been a while since I read about whether every case sent up to the SCOTUS gets heard at a conference.
Maybe BP2 or Red Steel will chime in on this.