Ginsburg eviscerates 9th Circuit’s handling of immigration consultant's case

Fox News ^ | May 07 2020 | Ronn Blitzer

[knighthawk]

Authoring a unanimous Supreme Court opinion, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg tore into the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for "drastically" straying from judicial norms when hearing a case involving a California immigration consultant.

After Evelyn Sineneng-Smith had been convicted of violating a federal law related to encouraging illegal immigration, the Ninth Circuit reversed the decision, not based on arguments presented by Sineneng-Smith, but by third parties the court brought in to submit arguments that the panel of judges themselves had suggested.

"[T]he appeals panel departed so drastically from the principle of party presentation as to constitute an abuse of discretion," Ginsburg wrote, later stating that "a court is not hidebound by the precise arguments of counsel, but the Ninth Circuit’s radical transformation of this case goes well beyond the pale."

[usconservative]

A broken clock is right twice a day.

[Lurkinanloomin]

So even Ruth has her limits. Fascinating.

[napscoordinator]

Weird justice Thomas did as well.

[PAR35]

It’s a good sign that the judges screwed up when you can get a unanimous reversal out of the Supremes.

[BenLurkin]

What is disturbing is that the appeals court generated its own appeal sua sponte.

[Gay State Conservative]

Yikes!

[Huskrrrr]

Ninth Court of Schlemiels.

[unixfox]

You just know that she knows her days are limited on this earth.

[GunHoardingCapitalist]

Usually people try to right the wrongs they committed when they know their time is near an end.

[Pollard]

bout time the 9th got a little smack down

[SaxxonWoods]

“You just know that she knows her days are limited on this earth.”

My first thought when I saw the headline was, “Going away present?”

[Go Gordon]

You just know that she knows her days are limited on this earth.

Clearly, she doesn't have the gall she once had.

[stars & stripes forever]

A broken clock is right twice a day...

Amazing how TIME puts things into the right perspective.

[NewJerseyJoe]

Wow, she really IS dying.

[an amused spectator]

The Ninth Circuit case was argued before A. Wallace Tashima (senior status) [Clinton appointee], Marsha S. Berzon [Clinton appointee], and Andrew D. Hurwitz [Obama appointee].

Basically a Resistance ruling from very politically biased judges.

[trebb]

You know you’re screwed up when Ginsberg bitch-slaps you like this....with this topic as the basis.

[Rusty0604]

😎

[usconservative]

The Ninth Circuit case was argued before A. Wallace Tashima (senior status) [Clinton appointee], Marsha S. Berzon [Clinton appointee], and Andrew D. Hurwitz [Obama appointee].

Tell us again Chief Justice Roberts that there are no democrat or repulican justices again .... (spit)

[Nevadan]

Re: You just know that she knows her days are limited on this earth.

Either that, or a more likely reason: One of her clerks wrote it, seeing which way everyone else was voting on this no brainer of a case.