I have a question for the legal experts out there (I think there might be a few of you. haha ) If she is confirmed after the election, as long as she’s confirmed before any issue regarding the election reaches the USSC, can she still be part of the ruling on it? (I’m assuming it would take a week or two before any case on the election would reach the supreme court.)
Im. A lawyer, but not a supreme court expert. It seems to me that judges recruise over conflicts of interest, like having participated in a case prior to its reaching the high court. No conflict exists in being nominated by one of the litigants. They all were at some point. And Bush and Obama have been litigants.
“I have a question for the legal experts out there (I think there might be a few of you. haha ) If she is confirmed after the election, as long as she’s confirmed before any issue regarding the election reaches the USSC, can she still be part of the ruling on it? (I’m assuming it would take a week or two before any case on the election would reach the supreme court.)”
actually, i don’t think there are any hard and fast rules for SCOTUS, and it’s up to the Justice to decide when they should recuse ...
i did find this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judicial_disqualification
generally, looks like SCOTUS justices recuse when there would be financial conflict of interest ...