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Night
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When will the next live stream be?
Monday!
@RobertGrulerEsq Are you going to be streaming on Thanksgiving? We had some questions regarding that last night.
Hi @Maw unfortunately no, my mother would never allow it!
Will be back Friday, though.
Not a problem, thanks for the prompt response!
https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/circuitassignments.aspx this looks interesting
Supreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito & Brett Kavanaugh have each been personally assigned the disputed states in the election.
Not to impugn the honor and integrity of the SCOTUS, but considering 3 of them have legal history in matters of this nature, and having been assigned to these heavily contested states only makes one wonder about the outcome of this election.
I think it's a big nothingburger.
ACB was part of the 7th district prior to becoming an associate justice.
Largely these assignments have been the same for the associate justices in the past.
I wrote a fairly large sum opinion about it earlier.
Also this was so ordered by Roberts.
This is a man who has shown he's not exactly in Trump's pocket, so-to-speak.
You also have to understand that simply being advisory and a part of the review process for appellate courts does not directly reflect the outcome of the cases themselves in my understanding.
Certainly you could argue it could influence the results of a case indirectly and I don't think many would argue against that.
But I think it's significant overreach or going well out of the comfort zones of normality to assume that because these justices so happen to be assigned to these districts (largely unchanged from my understanding from prior to RBG leaving us) to indicate this has any sort of bearing on the legitimacy of Trump's legal team's claims, or the idea that this was set up by the president himself.
So take it with a grain of salt of course.
I would be interested in knowing if the way that these cases are being rejected might limit the options for appeal. For example, when Lin Wood's case in GA was dismissed for lack of standing, he could only appeal that decision. If he were to win that on appeal, it would then kick back down to the lower court to be heard on the merits. If he loses on merit, then that can be appealed. The fact that these cases are being dismissed, I am guessing that most of these would have the same issue. I'm not a lawyer, so I could be completely off-base.
I don't think many cases are open to appeal depending on when the case was dismissed through the litigation process.
Like, you're talking about rejection on 'the face' of the complaint.
Again, I'm no lawyer, but I'd gather it's usually a pretty objective standard that they use for determining standing.
I think Trump's campaign has until Dec 8 to file any additional lawsuits pending the casting of electoral votes of Dec 14th, sort of grace period to get any contested grounds resolved before then. I could be misinformed on that though.
@RobertGrulerEsq I like physical books; any place you prefer people to buy it?
Speaking of, I should probably give that a read while I have some time.
@Maw, you just advanced to level 15!
_flex._
Hi!
Welcome to the Discord @Operation12 !
So what happens if a justice removes themself from a case for whatever reason? Do they go and get another judge from lower court?
@osok if it’s SCOTUS, and a Justice decided to recuse, the Court would have to sit with less than a full panel.
I mean, civil disobedience can probably count as peaceful protest in this case. I'm not sure, but it sounds logical.
The main argument to counter will likely involve around the infringement of other people's rights in regards to potential health risks.
Can a contract be nullified if one of the parties' names is misspelled?
Don't believe so, no.
I believe it's considered on good faith arguments in contracts.