Posted on 06/25/2019 2:36:39 PM PDT by fwdude
The Supreme Court is set to rule on the Trump administration’s addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 census as soon as Wednesday. But if the five conservative justices uphold the citizenship question, as appeared the likely outcome following oral arguments, a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that a judge may block the question again over new evidence that further proves the question’s illegality.
This last-minute development centers around information found on the files of Thomas Hofeller, the GOP’s former gerrymandering guru. When he died last year, Hofeller left behind a trove of materials that his estranged daughter turned over to voting rights advocates. Among other things, these files suggested that Justice Department officials worked with Hofeller to devise a pretextual justification for the census citizenship question, asserting that it would aid enforcement of the Voting Rights Act. This pretext was meant to conceal the real reason for the question: It could, Hofeller explained, substantially reduce the voting power of Democrats and Hispanics while boosting that of “Republicans and non-Hispanic Whites.”
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I thought the SCOTUS decision is final, no appeals.
BS - that’s an extemporary circumstance and has no bearing on the law itself - if the SC says it can be included that’s the end of it as I’m sure the lawyers have already made the argument that it’s racist to the SC (and it’s not)
Exactly. Why does an appellate court judge get to overrule SCOTUS?
When the shooting starts; know your targets.
Omigosh!! The appeals court thinks that it’s illegal for law enforcement to enforce the Voting Rights Act???
Hilarious!!!
Generally the SC will rule and then order the lower courts to comply but the communists want to then reappeal on this line of reasoning - a stall tactic.
I’ve heard it said that Leftists do not like to lose. They do seem to be sore losers.
It is final. The Lefty lunatics would have to bring a new case which they would do in the hopes of relating any decision past the census date.
Personally I believe if the libs did this it would be fast tracked to the USSC.
Why not? They over-rule the President.
The answer is to use the same tactics:
Scour through Every Paper the Judge has ever written and then use the stupid stuff they wrote to demand they be Recused or Cast a shadow over every judgement they have ever made because they might have said something 20,30,40... years ago.
It would have to be a very fast track as the Census is in 2020, next year.
If the Supremes uphold the census question, the federal govt should immediately announce that is the decision they will go with and move forward. Let the lower courts challenge the Supreme Court in another arena.
I’m sure a few of the appellate judges wore black face at one point in their youth.
You can bet Obama judges are at this moment ready to try and overturn any decision they dislike. The fascist left NEVER gives up until they wear down their enemies and get everything they want.
The Left has been going all in on the census case the past few weeks with “new evidence” in an attempt to change the outcome. This is yet another part of the drama.
Remember: The Left NEVER, EVER gives up.
Leftist court decisions are “final” in a way that conservative-brought case never are.
the supreme court will rule 5-4 against citizen question on census, case closed. Justice Robert will betray us again.
Yep.
The modern Left wants to destroy the right. They want you dead. I think a lot on the right still don’t appreciate that.
The Resistance Democrat Federal judges so enjoyed playing President for the last three years that they're going to see if they can play Supreme Court now.
U.S. District Judge George Hazel - a ClownBammy appointee, Hazel has been has been on the front lines of the Resistance against duly-elected President Trump.
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals panel that Resisted in favor of "judge" Hazel, 2-1:
Robert Bruce King - a Rapin Bill judge
James A. Wynn Jr. - a ClownBammy judge
G. Steven Agee - a Bush judge, who voted to deny the motion for remand
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