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To: Sequoyah101
I can’t for the life of me understand why they took the case. There is not a chance they will rule against the election validity. Not one.

SCOTUS has neither taken this case, nor rejected the case. It is now at the conference stage, meaning that at least one justice wishes to discuss the case with the others. I can't find recent numbers, but in the past only about a third of all petitions for certiorari filed were chosen for a conference discussion. So far, this case is beating the odds.
30 posted on 12/14/2022 9:45:59 AM PST by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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To: Dr. Franklin

Actually, the case is one of thousands sent to the Supreme Court. On Nov 23 2022, the Solicitor General refused to file a response. It wasn’t considered worth her time.

Therefor, on 30 Nov 2022, it was automatically scheduled for conference on 6 Jan 2023.

Per the Supreme Court: “If it is clear that all respondents have waived the right to file a response to the petition, it will be placed on the next relevant conference list (i.e., paid or ifp) after receipt of the waivers. Thus, if the waiver(s) in a paid case have been docketed by Tuesday, the case will be placed on a conference list that Wednesday.”

https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/22-380.html

“Every petition that is docketed at the U.S. Supreme Court, and remains on the docket, will eventually be distributed for a conference, usually held on a Friday. The date of the conference depends upon whether or not the Court is in session, in recess or on vacation. (There were 39 conferences during the 2011 Term.) Does this mean the Court will discuss each petition distributed during their conference?...

For those justices participating in the pool, the petitions are read by one of the four law clerks typically found in each of the justices’ chambers. Each of them writes a memo as to each petition he or she read that summarizes the petition with a recommendation as to whether or not the petition is cert-worthy. These pool memos are then distributed to the participating justices. Prior to the conference, the Chief Justice circulates a “discuss list” containing any petitions he deems worthy of further discussion. Each justice can add to the list any petition he or she deems worthy. Very few, if any, petitions on the discuss list are granted.”

https://www.counselpress.com/page_blog_single.cfm?bid=11

ALL of the paid cases go to “conference”. No justice has to support it at that stage. This case goes to conference. That does not mean ANY Supreme Court Justice thinks it is interesting.


44 posted on 12/14/2022 10:23:57 AM PST by Mr Rogers (We're a nation of feelings, not thoughts.)
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