Posted on 06/03/2017 11:16:18 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
WASHINGTON, D.C.The Supreme Court took the rare step on Friday of expediting consideration of a major case, rapidly accelerating the schedule for reviewing the Fourth Circuits blocking of President Donald Trumps travel ban executive order.
President Trump issued Executive Order 13780 (EO) on March 6, Section 2(c) of which temporarily restricted travel from six Muslim-majority countries associated with terrorism while the United States developed new vetting procedures to keep the nation safe.
Immigration activists sued, along with several immigrants and their families. A liberal federal district judge in Maryland granted a preliminary injunction blocking Section 2(c) of the EO. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit then affirmed the trial courts injunction in a 10-3 decision, ruling that the EO violated the Constitutions Establishment Clause, and taking the almost unheard-of step of all the courts judges hearing the case, instead of sending it to a three-judge panel.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a petition for review at the Supreme Court on Thursday. Under the Courts rules, a response from the plaintiffs would be due July 3. By that time the Court would be on recess for the summer, meaning that the justices would vote at the Courts annual pre-Term conference, which will take place on September 25, on whether to take the case. That would typically mean hearing arguments in December or January, with a final decision coming down in early or mid-2018.
Acting Solicitor General Jeff Wall at DOJ also asked Chief Justice John Roberts (who supervises the Fourth Circuit) to stay the appellate courts decision until the justices can decide the matter.
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Oh boy. say a prayer.
Whatever info the libs used to blackmail Roberts, they’ve probably found something similar in Gorsuch’s past. I don’t have hopes for a good outcome. Hope I’m wrong.
True. But greater chance that Kennedy and/or Ginsburg will be gone.
I assume no better than 8-1, with the Wise Latina agin’.
So they expedited it so that they would not need to work during their recess.
If Obama could blackmail Roberts, why can't Trump? Trump has access to the same information from the FBI, CIA and NSA.
I wonder how many conservative judges will soon hear words:
“thats a nice family there. Adorable grandchildren. Be a mighty shame if something happened to them. Mighty shame”
I dont have hopes for a good outcome. Hope Im wrong.
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You never lose any money betting against Republicans. They usually disappoint.
We hope the SC will restore rationality and law, but the fact that the appeals court went 11-3 for insanity, illegality, and left-liberalism is a bad sign. Any competent judge should rule for President Trump, but obviously there are a lot of incompetent, biased, mendacious judges from both parties.
I am hopeful for the SC but I don’t think anything is a slam dunk anymore in our screwed up system.
Absolutely true! And yet it is happening every day.
Of course they can get along personally. This is the real world, not an internet forum.
These Justices have a lot more in common than may separate them ideologically.
Don't forget, Scalia and RBG were besties.
30+ years ago the young Gorsuch knew what scum the Democrats are. They trashed his mother and the Reagan admin. as he watched. However, in the intervening years he has been worn smooth and adapted into the Legal-Liberal-Industrial-Complex. Let’s hope he retains some backbone, conservative standards, and independent judgment.
that was 10-3, oops, not 11-3
either way, a dismal statement on the quality of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals
Points well taken. I do realize that Scalia and RBG were quite chummy and she even went hunting with him, IIRC.
The fact that they do get along well personally really should be expected. SCOTUS is highly exclusive and extremely cloistered. The justices likely bond intuitively and share their obvious love of the law. It’s simply talking shop, if you will.
With Roberts, its parties, cheese and wine that count, plus a little blackmail on his kid’s legality. An uphold lower courts vote.
I’m worried about him recusing himself......
At 13% of the population, a war of attrition is not a winning strategy.
Thanks for citing his mother’s experience.
Hoping that Gorsuch’s spine will prove to have adequate steel going forward so as to not bend to the intensifying influence of the permeating activist benches we are up against today.
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