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from anon:

Ginsburg's death is much bigger than many people think. Here is some background:

First, some background: Each federal circuit has a Supreme Court justice assigned to it. That justice’s job is to deal with applications for stays of lower court judgments generally, stays of execution in particular, extensions of time and other procedural matters coming out of that circuit. Some such matters, such as stays, can be quite important, though the most important ones tend to be referred by the circuit justice to the entire court. A federal statute provides that the justices will assign the circuits by court order, and a 2010 order provided that Justice Antonin Scalia would be in charge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, which covers Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.

Thirteen days after Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed as the Supreme Court’s newest associate justice, the court today issued a new set of circuit justice assignments, which take effect immediately. The new list was the second one in the past few months, replacing the assignment list issued after Justice Anthony Kennedy retired on July 31, leaving the court with only eight justices.

READ THIS PART VERY CAREFULLY AND THINK HOW BIG IT REALLY IS

A circuit justice is primarily responsible for emergency requests (for example, an application to block an execution or allow it to go forward) from the geographic area covered by his or her circuit, as well as more mundane matters – for example, a request to extend the time to file a petition for review. However, justices can and often do refer significant emergency requests to the full court, as Justice Neil Gorsuch did earlier this month with a request by Native Americans in North Dakota to block the state from enforcing a law requiring voters to show an ID that includes a residential street address.

In August, Chief Justice John Roberts had assumed responsibility for the 9th Circuit, which covers nine states (Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, Nevada and Washington) plus Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. Justice Elena Kagan is now the circuit justice for the 9th Circuit; the 6th and 7th Circuits, for which Kagan had previously been responsible, are now covered by Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Brett Kavanaugh, respectively. All of the other circuit-justice assignments remain the same.

The chief justice generally is responsible for three circuits: the District of Columbia Circuit, the Federal Circuit and the 4th Circuit. Some of the other circuit assignments reflect the justices’ links to different parts of the country. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, for example, is responsible for the 2nd Circuit, which includes New York, where she grew up and lived before moving to Washington to become a judge, while Justice Stephen Breyer, who sat on the 1st Circuit before he became a justice, is the circuit justice for that circuit. Justice Samuel Alito, who was born in New Jersey and formerly served as judge on the 3rd Circuit, which includes New Jersey, continues to serve as the circuit justice for the 3rd Circuit (along with the 5th Circuit), while Justice Clarence Thomas, a Georgia native, is the circuit justice for the 11th Circuit, which includes Georgia. Kagan, however, is a native New Yorker who has spent most of her adult life in Chicago, Massachusetts and Washington.

https://www.scotusblog.com/2018/10/court-issues-new-circuit-assignments/
https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/circuitAssignments.aspx
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/20/nyregion/trump-geoffrey-berman-fired-sdny.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2016/02/17/who-acts-as-circuit-justice-for-the-5th-circuit-until-justice-scalia-is-replaced/

RBG was responsible of 2nd Circuit which covers Connecticut, New York and Vermont. Trump appointed new Justice now gets full control of these states and important one here is New York and SDNY area more specifically because of being significant DS hotspot with many things it has jurisdiction over(Weiner evidence collection, Clinton Foundation, Epstein evidence collection and Biden's Ukraine corruption) Remember that corrupt SDNY Attorney Berman who was fired couple of months ago? So now imagine you have honest SDNY Attorney who is willing to push these investigations and you combine it with Trump appointed 2nd Circuit Justice who has power over significant cases in NY? Do you know what's that called?

PAIN

-anon