[Alberta's Child]

I don't know if that is true. Can you cite a reference for that?

I'm not sure that even matters. Most SCOTUS rulings are issued in the first half of the following year, so I don't know what it would mean if Kavanaugh wasn't seated until, say, November.

[Ohioan]

How can A judge rule on a case he has not heard? It would violate “due process.”