You really ought to sue your high school for educational malpractice if that's what you learned in civics class. No court knows "all along" how it will rule, and no judge "yanked around" anyone. When a motion or petition is filed, the judges have to review the pleading and examine the applicable case law before even beginning to formulate a ruling. No action is decided immediately upon filing. Issuing a ruling in one day is extremely prompt.
They promptly nullified Congress.
Santorum was just interviewed and is talking with House members about instituting an inquiry into the 2 judges Whittemore and Greer for their contempt of Congress.
So the "wonderful magnanimous" court you speak of did not act in a way that is so judicious it seems.
Silence, you! How dare you disagree with the masses!
I wonder how much sleep these judges have had in the last week and a half. Given the timing of the decisions, I'd bet not much.
"You really ought to sue your high school for educational malpractice if that's what you learned in civics class. No court knows "all along" how it will rule, and no judge "yanked around" anyone."
And you really ought to live in the real world. In theory everything you wrote is true. But can we leave the classroom and step into reality. We have a federal judiciary which is loaded with activist judges that are sitting around waiting for cases to fall in their laps that will allow them to rule certain ways on various issues. These judges have agendas they are trying to forward. To imagine that this court hasn't already made up its mind on any future rulings in this case when faced with any future appeals is naive. The extension of the deadline to appeal to this court was cruel by the court. This would qualify as "yanking around" by any definition of the term.
"When a motion or petition is filed, the judges have to review the pleading and examine the applicable case law before even beginning to formulate a ruling."
Oh come on! Do you really believe this? You have a lot more faith in the 11th Circuit and the judicial system in general than I do. This court just last week (I think it's only been a week) denied a review of this case that the Congress specifically requested. There is no way possible that they reviewed the documentation and evidence related to this case as quickly as they ruled. They punted. The Congress said review the evidence and the federal jucidial system said screw you.