Excellent post.
Thank You.
It feels like longer than just several days since ACB was Judgified.
That’s great. We really need four more years to get this nation back on the right track.
Presumably it took some weeks to get ramped-up, but still, one per week on average is not exactly race-car speed, is it?
I enjoy your threads, thanks. They’re a nice, tangible kick in the butt for folks who claim there’s no difference between the two major parties.
Thanks for posting this. It’s a nice reminder of the progress we have made that can’t be taken away. Your work is what makes FR such a great place to get top shelf information.
2 circuit vacancies:
7th - filling Barrett’s now vacant seat
1st - a judge appointed by Reagan died a few days ago
If we fail to hold both the presidency and the Senate these need to be filled fast
Seeing this and the above posts is warming. Thinking what a Hillary 2016 victory would have changed here is every argument I needed to vote Trump in 2016. I still feel the same way so AGAIN there is no reason to change my 2020 vote!
Get those two Circuit Court seats filled before the end of the year.
BTTT
. . . and considering ACB’s reputation for persuasion, getting Gorsuch or Kavanaugh to go along might not be getting any easier with her elevation to the court.He'll have to join the majority or Clarence Thomas will be handing out the opinion assignments. So expect to see a lot of 6-3 opinions, and less pretzel-parsing of the law.In that context, I’ve been wondering about what effect she could have on decisions on cases which were heard before her confirmation. She is IMHO barred from voting on such cases, but couldn’t she talk to her fellow Justices about them? Comes to that, the court has been hearing cases via zoom or something - is it possible that she could hear a recording of those video conferences, and be as up to speed as any of the other justices on those cases?
Love it! Roberts has reputedly wished to minimize the number of 5-4 decisions, and if he goes to the dark side in such cases now, his cover will be fully blown.Worst case, (well, not counting a possible packed court) Roberts will assign the writing of all the big decisions to himself, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh. But he can do that only if the resulting decisions get 5 (and thus his own 6th, in the present context) votes.
. . . leaving Thomas to consider writing a dissent. But that would require the consent of Barrett and Alito. Neither of whom, I hope, would lightly allow that . . .