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General Category => National/Breaking News => SCOTUS News => Topic started by: mystery-ak on November 22, 2020, 04:20:27 pm
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Amy Howe Independent Contractor and Reporter
Posted Fri, November 20th, 2020 12:06 pm
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Court issues new circuit assignments
A little less than a month after the confirmation of Justice Amy Coney Barrett, the Supreme Court on Friday issued a new set of circuit justice assignments, which take effect immediately. Barrett was assigned to the 7th Circuit, where she served as a judge for three years before becoming a justice. Two other justices, Sonia Sotomayor and Neil Gorsuch, were also assigned for the first time to the circuits where they had previously served as judges – Sotomayor to the 2nd Circuit and Gorsuch to the 10th Circuit.
A circuit justice is primarily responsible for emergency requests (for example, an application to block an execution or to allow it to go forward) from the geographic area covered by his or her circuit, as well as more mundane matters, such as requests to extend filing deadlines. However, justices can and often do refer significant emergency requests to the full court – a role that has taken on increased importance in recent years with the sharp uptick in activity on the court’s “shadow docket.†A map of geographical regions covered by each circuit is available here.
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https://www.scotusblog.com/2020/11/court-issues-new-circuit-assignments-2/ (https://www.scotusblog.com/2020/11/court-issues-new-circuit-assignments-2/)
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Circuit Courts have been Reassigned: Justice Clarence Thomas to Georgia
November 20, 2020
Chief Justice John Roberts has reassigned the Supreme Court Justices to new Districts. Effective November 20, 2020, ordered pursuant to Title 28, United States Code, Section 42.
To highlight the changes…
GA – Clarence Thomas
MI – Brett M. Kavanaugh
WI – Amy Coney Barrett
PA – Samuel A. Alito
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https://www.johnscreekpost.com/circuit-courts-have-been-reassigned-justice-clarence-thomas-to-georgia/ (https://www.johnscreekpost.com/circuit-courts-have-been-reassigned-justice-clarence-thomas-to-georgia/)
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Hmmm....all Conservative Justices moved to recount states...
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Hmmm....all Conservative Justices moved to recount states...
uh-oh
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btt No one finds this interesting?
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Is this the calm before the storm?
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btt No one finds this interesting?
I, for one, find this very interesting. But I'm split between this being good news and bad news. I can't imagine Roberts would do anything to help the President.
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I, for one, find this very interesting. But I'm split between this being good news and bad news. I can't imagine Roberts would do anything to help the President.
My feelings exactly...have we misjudged Roberts?...I think not.
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BTTT