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Supreme Court: Dead judges can't issue rulings
2019-02-27
[WASHINGTONTIMES] It would seem obvious that once a judge has died, he couldn’t rule in any new cases.

Yet that was news to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which published an opinion last year by Judge Stephen Reinhardt ‐ 11 days after his death.

The Supreme Court stepped in Monday and overturned that move, saying that while judges have plenty of judicial power, it can’t extend to the grave.

"Federal judges are appointed for life, not for eternity," the court ruled in an unsigned opinion.

The justices sent the case back to the 9th Circuit for a new review.

Posted by:Fred

#8  Not Babylon Bee. Lost that guess (puts a dollar in the can).
Posted by: swksvolFF   2019-02-27 16:23  

#7  ...I'm sure Disney Animatronics is working on that right now (as with the next OS for their current model).
Posted by: Procopius2k   2019-02-27 16:10  

#6  Does that apply to Ginsburg too?
Posted by: Woodrow   2019-02-27 13:51  

#5  But the USSC recently went so far as to declare RBG free of cancer. Why don't they declare her an immortal too?
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2019-02-27 12:57  

#4  Take heart, liberals. I'm sure he can still vote if nobody is paying attention.
Posted by: gorb   2019-02-27 08:56  

#3  Demoncrats hardest hit.
Posted by: DarthVader   2019-02-27 08:09  

#2  Now weigh in on dead voters.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-02-27 05:32  

#1  It's not called the 9th Circus Court for nothing!
Posted by: CrazyFool   2019-02-27 00:51  

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