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Posted By: Imright, 2/22/2025 12:06:51 AM

The US Supreme Court put off ruling on the case of fired Special Counsel, the improbably named Hampton Dellinger. In a ruling with dissents by four justices, the Supreme Court agreed to put off ruling on the government's appeal of the order reinstating Dellinger until the DC Circuit issues its ruling on Wednesday. "In light of the foregoing," wrote Chief Justice John Roberts for the majority, "the application to vacate the order of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia presented to THE CHIEF JUSTICE and by him referred to the Court is held in abeyance until February 26, when the TRO is set to expire."

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Reply 1 - Posted by: DVC 2/22/2025 12:41:47 AM (No. 1901367)
This is absolutely SOP. The SCOTUS almost never rules before the lower courts have finished with a case. This means precisely nothing about how the case may be decided if it does come to the SCOTUS. My expectation is that the appeal court will correctly decide that firing was permissible and that will end it with SCOTUS not needing to descend into the business of the lower courts. SCOTUS TAKES cases 'in the fullness of time, and never is in a hurry, and extremists for the lower courts to handle the overwhelming majority of cases.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: DVC 2/22/2025 1:15:32 AM (No. 1901377)
Damned tablet. The last sentence should have said, and was typed as: SCOTUS takes cases 'in the fullness of time, and never is in a hurry, and it is extremely interested letting the lower courts handle the overwhelming majority of cases.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: mifla 2/22/2025 5:01:52 AM (No. 1901406)
Don't blame them. We are in a country that rushes to the courts every five minutes and then complains about how long it takes.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: 5 handicap 2/22/2025 5:44:17 AM (No. 1901421)
Roberts, the COWARDLY POS needs to GO the F*** home and stay there! Better yet, send him to Mexico to fight the Cartels!
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Reply 5 - Posted by: jeffkinnh 2/22/2025 7:52:34 AM (No. 1901481)
Roberts is looking, as he always does, for a soft landing on this issue. The real and honest response is, "Constitutionally, the President is the Chief Executive and has THE REQUIRED AND NECESSARY power to administer the Executive Branch as he sees fit, within the Constitution, to manage the Executive to meet his goals." This is a BOLD and TRUE declaration of the Constitutional power of the President. Robert's is NOT a bold man. He is hoping the lower court will make a flawed ruling or even blow off the issue so it doesn't come to the court. Then, if needed, the SCOTUS could make a "technical" rebuff without addressing the essence of the problem and ending the idiotic debate over the scope of Presidential power, which is deliberately WIDE. Roberts is doing everything he can to avoid making that statement because he wants to keep the court out of the mess. But the Left is illegitimately using the court as a tool and it needs to be addressed and SHUT DOWN. Roberts MUST see this and is a coward not to reassert the purpose of the court to make legitimate legal decisions for the American People. Kicking the can down the road is not an acceptable course of action. A solid statement by the SCOTUS would contribute greatly to putting the Country back on the right course, the Constitutional course, now and for the future.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Venturer 2/22/2025 8:14:41 AM (No. 1901496)
The United States District is a Democrat bastion and will rule against Trump, so by putting it off the only thing Roberts has done is put it off.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: Strike3 2/22/2025 9:17:41 AM (No. 1901540)
In general, if one has broken the law, all legal protection should be gone. That goes all the way up to the Bidens.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Alecto2 2/22/2025 11:48:00 AM (No. 1901656)
They are waiting to see if DC court ignores its earlier decisions in Severino v Biden & Stirrup v Biden.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: DVC 2/22/2025 12:08:08 PM (No. 1901676)
#8 wins the "corricet and concise" award for the topic, although it requires some knowledge to understand, which many don't have and won't seek.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: 5 handicap 2/23/2025 6:55:53 AM (No. 1902024)
Roberts is second only to Roger Taney as the most despicable person to serve on the Court!
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