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[–] 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 child)

There's this: The 9th Circuit (en blanc panel -- subpanel of 11 judges) has paused a federal judge's order prohibiting the Trump administration from threatening election officials with prosecution. The only way to counteract it now is to take it to the Supremes (which isn't likely)

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca9.34809698-a4bb-456f-906e-40cfcf74ab7a/gov.uscourts.ca9.34809698-a4bb-456f-906e-40cfcf74ab7a.32.0.pdf

Edit: I guess not a big deal, but still causes confusion:

As for "what does this mean," it means that, for now, there's no court order in California barring Trump administration officials from "investigating" allegations of noncitizen voting (but also no order requiring California to do anything, either).

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  • [–] 2 points 6 days ago

    The only way to counteract it now is to take it to the Supremes (which isn't likely)

    Technically, there is an alternative option to request "super" en banc with all 29 judges. But the 9th circuit has never once granted super en banc in the entire history of super en banc.

    This case got really unlucky with the 11 judge panel lottery: 5 Trump appointees out of 11 plus one judge from the original 3-judge panel.

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