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To: Lockbox

Let SCOTUS be tied, 4-4. Hence, no decisions, no changes.

The, after Ruth goes to join the 60 million who were deprived of their lives, the court will be 4-3, with a conservative majority.

And it can stay like that, as far as I’m concerned.


30 posted on 09/29/2018 5:30:15 PM PDT by CondorFlight
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To: CondorFlight

Wouldn’t that give the next President two chairs to fill? If the next President was a Lib, then the court would be 5 / 4 in their favor and the possibility of going to 6 / 3 over a Presidential term.


35 posted on 09/29/2018 5:33:02 PM PDT by Lockbox
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To: CondorFlight

...Let SCOTUS be tied, 4-4. Hence, no decisions, no changes...

Not a good idea. When that happens, there will be binding decisions of the lower Court that SCOTUS is hearing on appeal.

So, actually, a tie on a lower Court’s decision to approve blanket amnesty for illegals, or approving confiscation of your guns gets a tie, the lower Court decision is binding till a 9th Justice is seated. Then the case CAN be heard again for a tie breaker.


42 posted on 09/29/2018 6:04:44 PM PDT by Sasparilla ( I'm Not Tired of Winning)
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