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1. #SCOTUS cert petition order today had a fun little bit of Judge humor. Issue involved what happens when a judge votes as part of a large en banc panel and then dies before the decision.
2. From the Per Curium order:
"Because Judge Reinhardt was no longer a judge at the time when the en banc decision in this case was filed, the Ninth Circuit erred in counting him as a member of the majority. That practice effectively allowed a deceased judge to exercise
"Because Judge Reinhardt was no longer a judge at the time when the en banc decision in this case was filed, the Ninth Circuit erred in counting him as a member of the majority. That practice effectively allowed a deceased judge to exercise
3. the judicial power of the United States after his death. But federal judges are appointed for life, not for eternity." 😎 @maddow @Lawrence @tribelaw @neal_katyal
