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Apparently Morning Joe

barefooted — Sun, 12 Feb 2017 02:40:32 +0000

In reply to Bruce: did you see that Trump

Apparently Morning Joe Scarface quoted the blog in defense of Trump (although the quote in context was not actually helpful) and within about 10-15 minutes Trump tweeted about it. It's his go-to morning show - Trump doesn't read blogs, or anything else.

What a relief! I was

jollyroger — Sun, 12 Feb 2017 01:09:16 +0000

In reply to Well this is an interesting

What a relief! I was wondering what the fuck I thought I had heard (or maybe what I read in a passing chyron...) I understood to have happened, whch I didn't even know could happen...Isn't the judge, albeit one of the brethren or sistren (schwertzen?) a "stranger to the litigation"? Why should the losing appellant be forced in this direction, the more so as this particular litigant is such a putz that he can write is own order (literally....) and still is left stumbling around in the appellate thicket, in this case not even through tripping over his own dick as is his wont.

LOL, I'd like to say "great

Bruce Levine — Sun, 12 Feb 2017 00:11:27 +0000

In reply to Bruce: did you see that Trump

LOL, I'd like to say "great minds think alike. . ." but I don't want to say that!

Bruce: did you see that Trump

artappraiser — Sun, 12 Feb 2017 00:08:59 +0000

In reply to The Ninth Circuit Decision and the President's Options

Bruce: did you see that Trump's surfing took him to Lawfare blog! No kidding, he tweeted it:

LAWFARE: "Remarkably, in the entire opinion, the panel did not bother even to cite this (the) statute." A disgraceful decision!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 10, 2017

Interesting stats, AA. The

Bruce Levine — Sat, 11 Feb 2017 20:21:07 +0000

In reply to Snopes Fact Check, Feb. 10:

Interesting stats, AA. The other thing is that if the case were to be appealed in its current posture, the Court would be far less likely to overturn it (i.e. the stay), as compared to an appeal on the merits.

Snopes Fact Check, Feb. 10:

artappraiser — Sat, 11 Feb 2017 20:17:47 +0000

In reply to The Ninth Circuit Decision and the President's Options

Snopes Fact Check, Feb. 10:

Does the Supreme Court Overturn 80 Percent of Ninth Circuit Court Decisions?

Some confusing wording suggested the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals' decisions almost never "stick."

The answer is nope, and they've done a lot of work to prove it.

The important takeaway, though, is that it's not true that it's any sort of "rogue" court:

In short, social media claims that 80 percent of cases decided by the Ninth Circuit were overturned were flat out false; more than 99 percent of that circuit’s decisions stood and the Supreme Court reviewed a scant 0.106 percent of circuit court cases each year.

Thanks for asking. . .

Bruce Levine — Fri, 10 Feb 2017 23:42:55 +0000

In reply to thanks for answering, Bruce.

Thanks for asking. . .

thanks for answering, Bruce.

artappraiser — Fri, 10 Feb 2017 23:41:29 +0000

In reply to I should explain that there's

thanks for answering, Bruce. I think that's useful information to know in general, not just for this case.

I should explain that there's

Bruce Levine — Fri, 10 Feb 2017 23:38:39 +0000

In reply to Could that be a judge from

duplicate

I should explain that there's

Bruce Levine — Fri, 10 Feb 2017 23:37:57 +0000

In reply to Could that be a judge from

I should explain that there's a two-step process. First, the court will vote on whether to give en banc reconsideration, and then such reconsideration actually takes place, i.e. it's not like voting to reconsider en banc is a vote to reverse the decision of the 3-judge panel.