posted November 20, 2020 06:52 PM            

PA - Samuel A. Alito
MI - Brett M. Kavanaugh
WI - Amy Coney Barrett
GA - Clarence Thomas

Why do these circuit assignments matter?

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The Supreme Court helpfully explains, at length, why the justices’ circuit assignments matter. Petitioners will submit emergency applications to an individual justice. A recent example? Pennsylvania Republicans (in the Third Circuit) submitted an emergency application with Justice Samuel Alito, asking for an injunction in an election-related case. Alito responded by granting the request himself 33 to the rest of the Supreme Court.

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[F]our of the nine Justices must vote to accept a case. Five of the nine Justices must vote in order to grant a stay....“Under certain instances, one Justice may grant a stay pending review by the entire Court.”

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http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/11/supreme-court-unveils-new-circuit-assignments-justices-breakdown/

posted November 22, 2020 10:00 PM            

A note to Scott Adams about Supreme Court judges assigned to federal circuits

I'm skipping the parts relating to Scott Adams' speculations about the meaning of the Circuit Court assignments and quoting the "meat" of the article.

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As the election challenges continue, the television and media driven mantra that the sky will fall if Joe Biden is not elected president is fatuous and false, along with its sibling that the country will be "torn apart" if courts intervene to change the psychological operation underway that Biden is the "president-elect", although he has not yet been constitutionally elected or selected. And, that the "credibility of the system" will not remain intact if election contests are sustained by court or legislative action, and Trump remains president. Those phrases are commonly used to try to weaken resolve and cause others, especially those in decision-making positions, to not push forward, and to manipulate their sense of guilt that they will contribute to great damage and destruction unless they throw in the towel and submit to what perpetrators might desire.

The cognitive psychology displayed since election day to impede and delegitimize investigations of the election is quite sophisticated. If Trump prevails, the probable street protests, violence, and media propaganda that will follow will not cause "the system" to fall apart, because the active perpetrators will be badly outnumbered by "us", and people with jobs in the system will want to continue on with their lives.

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