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Related: About this forumThe one court that even the Supreme Court sees as going too far
How far to the right is the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals? Even conservatives on the U.S. Supreme Court aren't going along with some of its rulings.
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The headline on the opinion piece from The Washington Posts Ruth Marcus was immediately memorable: The 5th Circuit is staking out a claim to be Americas most dangerous court. Marcus was referring, of course, to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals one of the federal judiciarys 12 appeals courts which was already far to the right when Donald Trump took office.
The Republican then added six more ideologues to the bench, making it considerably worse. From Marcus column:
The same column quoted law professor Stephen Vladeck, who argued that the 5th Circuit is as conservative a federal appeals court as any of us have seen in our lifetimes......
In fact, you dont need to take my word for it. Listen instead to the U.S. Supreme Court which is also dominated by Republican appointees, but which keeps overturning the 5th Circuits most indefensible rulings.
The Fifth Circuit is dominated by Republican appointees and has issued a series of aggressively conservative rulings that have met a frosty reception at the Supreme Court, itself quite conservative, on issues like immigration, abortion pills, contacts with social media companies and so-called ghost guns, The New York Times explained late last week. Some of those Supreme Court rulings were tentative, but the overall picture is one of an appeals court out of step with the justices......
Its not nearly that simple. Both things can be true simultaneously: The current Supreme Court, a third of which was chosen by Donald Trump, is further to the right than any high court since before World War II, and the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has gone so far off the rails that its a caricature of a partisan and radicalized federal bench.
But just as important is the near future. As MSNBCs Chris Hayes summarized last week, One way to think about the stakes of a Trump second term is him having an opportunity to turn the Supreme Court into the 5th Circuit.
I think thats right, and Id add that there are also 11 other circuit courts that Donald Trump and his Republican allies would love to transform into mirrors of the 5th Circuit.
The Republican then added six more ideologues to the bench, making it considerably worse. From Marcus column:
The Supreme Court is, no doubt, the nations most powerful court. But the 5th Circuit, the federal appeals court that covers Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas, is staking out a claim to be the most dangerous the least wedded to respecting precedent or following an orderly judicial process.
The same column quoted law professor Stephen Vladeck, who argued that the 5th Circuit is as conservative a federal appeals court as any of us have seen in our lifetimes......
In fact, you dont need to take my word for it. Listen instead to the U.S. Supreme Court which is also dominated by Republican appointees, but which keeps overturning the 5th Circuits most indefensible rulings.
The Fifth Circuit is dominated by Republican appointees and has issued a series of aggressively conservative rulings that have met a frosty reception at the Supreme Court, itself quite conservative, on issues like immigration, abortion pills, contacts with social media companies and so-called ghost guns, The New York Times explained late last week. Some of those Supreme Court rulings were tentative, but the overall picture is one of an appeals court out of step with the justices......
Its not nearly that simple. Both things can be true simultaneously: The current Supreme Court, a third of which was chosen by Donald Trump, is further to the right than any high court since before World War II, and the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has gone so far off the rails that its a caricature of a partisan and radicalized federal bench.
But just as important is the near future. As MSNBCs Chris Hayes summarized last week, One way to think about the stakes of a Trump second term is him having an opportunity to turn the Supreme Court into the 5th Circuit.
I think thats right, and Id add that there are also 11 other circuit courts that Donald Trump and his Republican allies would love to transform into mirrors of the 5th Circuit.
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The one court that even the Supreme Court sees as going too far (Original Post)
LetMyPeopleVote
Jun 25
OP
The 5th District Court is so far to the right it could fall off the edge of the earth nt
yellowdogintexas
Jun 28
#2
CurtEastPoint
(18,996 posts)1. that fucker added SIX to that court.
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yellowdogintexas
(22,634 posts)2. The 5th District Court is so far to the right it could fall off the edge of the earth nt