It takes four to hear an appeal, right? So if Thomas and Alito couldn't convince two other justices to take up the case, the supreme court could let this stand with no further action, correct? To me it seems like a very good way for SCOTUS to give itself cover without the conservative judges having to explicitly come out and make pronoun…
It takes four to hear an appeal, right? So if Thomas and Alito couldn't convince two other justices to take up the case, the supreme court could let this stand with no further action, correct? To me it seems like a very good way for SCOTUS to give itself cover without the conservative judges having to explicitly come out and make pronouncements. But then that's based on my theory that SCOTUS' ultimate goal is to pass the buck.
It takes four to hear an appeal, right? So if Thomas and Alito couldn't convince two other justices to take up the case, the supreme court could let this stand with no further action, correct? To me it seems like a very good way for SCOTUS to give itself cover without the conservative judges having to explicitly come out and make pronouncements. But then that's based on my theory that SCOTUS' ultimate goal is to pass the buck.
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