Nah, I don't have any idea if there is a secret election integrity case in the pipeline.
There was one last week, technically, but it only had to do with whether or not State senators and reps could intervene to end judges' bullshit when they string injunction after injunction to stop voter ID laws from going into effect.
It's a win, but not the one we were hoping for.
If there is a secret election integrity case, publicity of it it could be hushed so that no juries end up biased. Who knows?
Okay, thanks. For some reason though, I feel like some major news is going to be dropped on the last day of opinions. Wouldn’t that be something? My gosh could you imagine the history we would be witnessing if they just dropped it like that!
“If there is a secret election integrity case, publicity of it it could be hushed so that no juries end up biased. Who knows?”
That’s not how it works. The Supreme Court is an appellate court, meaning that it doesn’t do trials, empanel juries, hear testimony and look at evidence or any of the other stuff that happens in trial courts (the trial courts are the only kind that most people ever get involved with). Cases get to the Supreme Court when someone appeals a lower court’s application or interpretation of the law and that’s all that the court considers.
Sure, the trial courts have juries. But the trial court jury is done long before the case gets to the Supreme Court (there are multiple levels of appeal before then) so it makes no sense to say that SCOTUS might be hearing and ruling secretly to avoid biasing a jury.
The entire idea of a secret case at the Supreme Court level makes no sense. For example, how would the court solicit briefs?
Nah, I don't have any idea if there is a secret election integrity case in the pipeline.
There was one last week, technically, but it only had to do with whether or not State senators and reps could intervene to end judges' bullshit when they string injunction after injunction to stop voter ID laws from going into effect.
It's a win, but not the one we were hoping for.
If there is a secret election integrity case, publicity of it it could be hushed so that no juries end up biased. Who knows?
Okay, thanks. For some reason though, I feel like some major news is going to be dropped on the last day of opinions. Wouldn’t that be something? My gosh could you imagine the history we would be witnessing if they just dropped it like that!
“If there is a secret election integrity case, publicity of it it could be hushed so that no juries end up biased. Who knows?”
That’s not how it works. The Supreme Court is an appellate court, meaning that it doesn’t do trials, empanel juries, hear testimony and look at evidence or any of the other stuff that happens in trial courts (the trial courts are the only kind that most people ever get involved with). Cases get to the Supreme Court when someone appeals a lower court’s application or interpretation of the law and that’s all that the court considers.
Wouldn't the lower courts have juries, or are they all ruled from the bench?
If one made it through, with full hush orders, would we ever learn about it even as it made its way all the way up to the Supreme Court?
I'm honestly curious.
Sure, the trial courts have juries. But the trial court jury is done long before the case gets to the Supreme Court (there are multiple levels of appeal before then) so it makes no sense to say that SCOTUS might be hearing and ruling secretly to avoid biasing a jury.
The entire idea of a secret case at the Supreme Court level makes no sense. For example, how would the court solicit briefs?