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BumRushDaShow

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5. Kavanaugh only "stops" in certain circuits - the 6th & the 8th
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 08:55 AM
17 hrs ago

The BIGGEST "stopper" is ROBERTS for anything filed in and appealed to the D.C. Circuit, 4th Circuit, and Federal Circuit (which is a lot of stuff that impacts things nationwide) -

Circuit Assignments

It is ordered that the following allotment be made of The Chief Justice and the Associate Justices of this Court among the circuits, pursuant to Title 28, United States Code, Section 42 and that such allotment be entered of record, effective September 28, 2022.

For the District of Columbia Circuit - John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice

For the First Circuit - Ketanji Brown Jackson, Associate Justice
(Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island)

For the Second Circuit - Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice (Connecticut, New York, Vermont)

For the Third Circuit - Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Associate Justice (Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virgin Islands)

For the Fourth Circuit - John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice (Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia, Virginia)

For the Fifth Circuit - Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Associate Justice (Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas)

For the Sixth Circuit - Brett M. Kavanaugh, Associate Justice (Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee)

For the Seventh Circuit - Amy Coney Barrett, Associate Justice (Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin)

For the Eighth Circuit - Brett M. Kavanaugh, Associate Justice (Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)

For the Ninth Circuit - Elena Kagan, Associate Justice (Alaska, Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, Nevada, Northern Mariana Islands, Washington)

For the Tenth Circuit - Neil M. Gorsuch, Associate Justice (Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, Wyoming)

For the Eleventh Circuit - Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice (Alabama, Florida, Georgia)

For the Federal Circuit - John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice.


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................................. Lovie777 18 hrs ago #1
Don't just call it the SCOTUS idiocy-- otchmoson 18 hrs ago #2
Kavanaugh only "stops" in certain circuits - the 6th & the 8th BumRushDaShow 17 hrs ago #5
Just because this is JH Lee, no one really cares. Bet if this was Ohtani , chicoescuela 18 hrs ago #3
Now go try to arrest some 350lb linemen on pro football teams Ferrets are Cool 17 hrs ago #4
They won't go after that lineman for the same reason they don't send their kidnappers into Magoo48 11 hrs ago #25
Slightly off-topic, but why does CBS use the wrong title for Speaker Emerita Pelosi? quaint 17 hrs ago #6
I never understood why President Obama was Mr. Obama Zackzzzz 16 hrs ago #14
Most of them use a "style sheet" BumRushDaShow 15 hrs ago #17
well, he will be cut loose with an apology because money. nt Javaman 17 hrs ago #7
"We appreciate the professionalism of all parties involved." Seinan Sensei 17 hrs ago #8
immigration issues maliaSmith 17 hrs ago #9
According to this report he was born in both Korea and Japan. Scruffy1 17 hrs ago #10
He's Korean (descent) but was born in Japan. chowder66 15 hrs ago #21
Jung Hoo Lee's father was playing baseball in Japan when Jung Hoo Lee was born. Brother Buzz 13 hrs ago #24
Kind of a non-story? robbob 17 hrs ago #11
He's a multimillionaire BumRushDaShow 15 hrs ago #18
Yes, I think there were some attention-grabbing headlines (not by the OP) LisaM 11 hrs ago #26
I hope ICE goes all in on harassing foreign born pro athletes. BradBo 16 hrs ago #12
It's too bad that the ordinary citizen doesn't have those same people pulling for them oldmanlynn 16 hrs ago #13
+1 dalton99a 16 hrs ago #15
LA airport can be tough and I prefer not to go through it. Zackzzzz 16 hrs ago #16
Goons are going to have a field day wth FIFA teams Wild blueberry 15 hrs ago #19
Wait until soccer players are detained. usonian 15 hrs ago #20
YES. Initech 14 hrs ago #23
Fuck Tom Homan and Stephen Miller, may they rot in the fieriest pit in the depths of hell! Initech 14 hrs ago #22
Wait until the Venezuelans start coming for spring training in about a month. n/t aggiesal 10 hrs ago #27
Wait until the Venezuelans start coming for spring training in about a month. n/t aggiesal 10 hrs ago #28
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