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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,857 posts) Mon Oct 17, 2022, 10:09 AM Oct 2022

SCOTUS releases a quiet Monday-morning order list. The court doesn't take up new cases.

SCOTUS releases a quiet Monday-morning order list. The court doesn't take up new cases. It denies review in Fitisemanu v. U.S., a case about citizenship for people born in U.S. territories; the case sought to overrule the racist "Insular Cases." https://supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/101722zor_9ok0.pdf

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Supreme Court this morning decides not to hear case on American Samoa birthright citizenship, which J. Gorsuch had said might serve for a reexamination of much criticized Insular Cases

washingtonpost.com
Biden administration urges Supreme Court not to take citizenship case
Advocates disagree, saying case from American Samoa would give justices a chance to overturn precedents with racist and imperialist rhetoric.

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SCOTUS releases a quiet Monday-morning order list. The court doesn't take up new cases. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2022 OP

Nobody trusts the Subversive 6 on the Extreme Court to do what's right. Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2022 #1

"doesn't take up new cases" - good, this court should be kept AWAY from all cases! UTUSN Oct 2022 #2

Hermit-The-Prog

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1. Nobody trusts the Subversive 6 on the Extreme Court to do what's right.

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Mon Oct 17, 2022, 02:43 PM

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UTUSN

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2. "doesn't take up new cases" - good, this court should be kept AWAY from all cases!

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Mon Oct 17, 2022, 02:55 PM

Oct 2022

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