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OhNo-Really

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22. ok, but it takes a SCOTUS majority to rule on a case, a tie sends case back to lower court

Reply to Calista241 (Reply #21)

Wed Oct 10, 2018, 11:56 AM

Oct 2018

ruling.

Who voted in favor of this case?

Not Ginsberg, not Kagan, crickets from Sotomeyer who, by the way, brough another ND case to the court.

Did she vote to disenfranchise North Dakota voters with no atreet addresses?

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Thank you, I stand corrected rurallib Oct 2018 #13

Did Sotomeyer vote Yes? Without Boof's vote why not a tie? Kept vote Secret! Bullshit we pay them OhNo-Really Oct 2018 #16

It takes 4 Yes votes for SCOTUS to agree to hear a case. Calista241 Oct 2018 #21

ok, but it takes a SCOTUS majority to rule on a case, a tie sends case back to lower court OhNo-Really Oct 2018 #22

That's only after a case is heard and the court releases its opinion. Calista241 Oct 2018 #23

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