The en banc Fourth Circuit's divide in the DOGE/Social Security case is the latest example of how assessments of the Supreme Court's behavior on emergency applications are sorting us ideologically.
I would like to know what the average number of grants are at the midway point of a term for the next term, say over the past 25 years. Comparing this year to last year is like comparing two unusually hot summers to each other without looking at the longer-term trend. Is this a long-term downward trend or are we seeing something anomalous?
First, sounds like Sotomayor and Kavanaugh had some tussle about "If you don't like a decision, a state law, etc., you can move or attend state hearings during the work day, etc." I had these discussions with a former libertarian who grew up rich and would endorse radical changes to life as a means of dealing with local issues.
Second, I am not a judge for good reason because I would use even more inflammatory rhetoric to mock the Supreme Court's lack of reasoning, i.e. "The number of left-handed Presbyterians among parties and counsels compels the court to do X." Make it clear that the reason to explain the Court's actions is so that others can follow your reasoning in different cases, and let the Court know that blank decisions will be used as judges see fit.
thank you for putting words to our thoughts and feelings about what is transpiring in our federal judicial system. hopefully calmer and less siloed thinking/writings will be prevailing in near future.
Isn’t the “precedent” by the shadow docket stay just that lower courts must follow the guidance on assessing the four things noted in that brief order?
Also, why does the Court only produce written decisions for like 50 cases a year at this point? According to Wikipedia, the Court issued written decisions for triple digit cases (300+ in many years!) for almost all years from 1913 to 1993. What has caused this extreme reduction?
4th Cir- trickle down politics to circuits. Nothing to decide after data is released.
Sottomayor 's comment was curious, but maybe it has just got tiresome working in a frat house.
I would like to know what the average number of grants are at the midway point of a term for the next term, say over the past 25 years. Comparing this year to last year is like comparing two unusually hot summers to each other without looking at the longer-term trend. Is this a long-term downward trend or are we seeing something anomalous?
First, sounds like Sotomayor and Kavanaugh had some tussle about "If you don't like a decision, a state law, etc., you can move or attend state hearings during the work day, etc." I had these discussions with a former libertarian who grew up rich and would endorse radical changes to life as a means of dealing with local issues.
Second, I am not a judge for good reason because I would use even more inflammatory rhetoric to mock the Supreme Court's lack of reasoning, i.e. "The number of left-handed Presbyterians among parties and counsels compels the court to do X." Make it clear that the reason to explain the Court's actions is so that others can follow your reasoning in different cases, and let the Court know that blank decisions will be used as judges see fit.
thank you for putting words to our thoughts and feelings about what is transpiring in our federal judicial system. hopefully calmer and less siloed thinking/writings will be prevailing in near future.
Isn’t the “precedent” by the shadow docket stay just that lower courts must follow the guidance on assessing the four things noted in that brief order?
Also, why does the Court only produce written decisions for like 50 cases a year at this point? According to Wikipedia, the Court issued written decisions for triple digit cases (300+ in many years!) for almost all years from 1913 to 1993. What has caused this extreme reduction?
At least the legal realists are having a fun time.