[Congressman Billybob]

To the contrary, when the minority of Justices feel strongly about an issue, they DO file dissents. For decades in obscenity cases, a four-Justice minority would file sometimes lengthy dissents, ending with the correct point that they could have forced the Court to hear the case. (Only four Justices need to vote yes to grant certiorari so the Court takes up a particular case.)

John / Billybob

[Lmo56]

To the contrary, when the minority of Justices feel strongly about an issue, they DO file dissents. For decades in obscenity cases, a four-Justice minority would file sometimes lengthy dissents, ending with the correct point that they could have forced the Court to hear the case. (Only four Justices need to vote yes to grant certiorari so the Court takes up a particular case.)

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Ya think anyone will challenge the vote on 6 January??? United States Code provides for it, if 1 Senator and 1 Representative sign an objection.

Also, the Code states that the bodies will retire to their respective chambers to resolve the objection, but does NOT specify how ... by vote?

[Kevmo]

For decades in obscenity cases, a four-Justice minority would file sometimes lengthy dissents, ending with the correct point that they could have forced the Court to hear the case.
***Something about that just strikes me as ridiculously crass. I’ll bet no one knows why they didn’t just force the court to hear it. They felt strongly but not strongly enough, just like today. They sometimes act more like politicians than supreme court justices, and our constitutional republic suffers because of it.