Yet another piece of news that is likely to go unnoticed
SCOTUS reassigns Trump-appointed justices to key election states
This is huge news and signs the Trump administration are putting things in a place for a major action following the bringing of all special forces under one jurisdiction under the direct control of the interim Secretary of Defense.
Tru News discuss this here.
Circuit Assignments
It is ordered that the following allotment be made of The Chief Justice and the Associate Justices of this Court among the circuits, pursuant to Title 28, United States Code, Section 42 and that such allotment be entered of record, effective November 20, 2020.
- For the District of Columbia Circuit - John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice
- For the First Circuit - Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice
(Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island) - For the Second Circuit - Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice(Connecticut, New York, Vermont)
- For the Third Circuit - Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Associate Justice(Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virgin Island)
- For the Fourth Circuit - John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice(Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia, Virginia)
- For the Fifth Circuit - Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Associate Justice(Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas)
- For the Sixth Circuit - Brett M. Kavanaugh, Associate Justice(Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee)
- For the Seventh Circuit - Amy Coney Barrett, Associate Justice(Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin)
- For the Eighth Circuit - Brett M. Kavanaugh, Associate Justice(Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
- For the Ninth Circuit - Elena Kagan, Associate Justice(Alaska, Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, Nevada, Northern Mariana Islands, Washington)
- For the Tenth Circuit - Neil M. Gorsuch, Associate Justice(Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, Wyoming)
- For the Eleventh Circuit - Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice(Alabama, Florida, Georgia)
- For the Federal Circuit - John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice.
Ok. So can someone please explain what all this means?
ReplyDeleteIt means that any appeals from those States respective appellate courts will be reviewed by those Supreme Court Justices. That will help decided which cases comes before the Supreme Court. Trump has removed the activist liberal Supremes from that process.
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