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I don't know how you can say "this is not a serious topic" when: > The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit ruled for Jarkesy in 2022. And, of course, th
by hn_throwaway_99 3y ago
I don't know how you can say "this is not a serious topic" when:
> The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit ruled for Jarkesy in 2022.
And, of course, the Supreme Court is actually taking up the hearing, which they wouldn't do unless there were real issues to address.
I am in no way qualified to determine the validity of arguments on either side, but your offhand dismissal stands in stark contrast to the judges that obviously disagree, and who ruled differently.
- saulpw 3y agohttps://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2023/11/fifth-circuit-conservative-supreme-court/676116/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2023/11/fifth-c... > The Fifth Circuit is the federal appeals court covering Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas (where I live), and it has in recent years become the place where just about every right-wing litigant who can brings lawsuits to test novel and extreme legal arguments.
- askin4it 3y agoThat settles it.
- phmqk76 3y agoThe 5th Circuit is a right-wing fever dream that makes disastrously unconstitutional rulings literally every day. Lay people who don’t follow the courts or have a legal background might find it hard to accept that our legal system has strayed so very far from constitutional principles, but there has been a fringe right-wing takeover of many courts around the country, and the 5th circuit and the Supreme Court are among the worst offenders.