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To: Sprite518
"Did you actually read why they denied it? "

It was denied without comment.

"JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, with whom JUSTICE GINSBURG, JUSTICE BREYER, and JUSTICE KAGAN all agree."

As do Scalia, Robberts, Thomas and Alito. To grant a petitioner's writ of certiorari, there only needs to be four Justices in agreement, not five. It's known as "the rule of four".

35 posted on 11/29/2010 8:08:16 AM PST by OldDeckHand
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To: OldDeckHand

You are right my bad.


42 posted on 11/29/2010 8:28:20 AM PST by Sprite518
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To: OldDeckHand

Yeah, there’s the “rule of four” but we don’t know that “Scalia, Robberts, Thomas and Alito” (and Kennedy) all were against granting cert. Three of them could have been in favor, and we’ll never know.


55 posted on 11/29/2010 9:03:36 AM PST by EDINVA
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