They sent out an email with the cases they will or will not hear on Friday, when it wasn’t supposed to go out until Monday. Suffice it to say, this caused a mountain of confusion. This is the second glitch in a year that they’ve had. There was a third, but I don’t know if it counted as a glitch. I’ll get to that. So moving along, here is some information from CNN:
The Supreme Court on Friday mistakenly sent out email alerts to attorneys and others laying out which cases it would hear days before it was scheduled to do so, the latest major technical glitch to come from the high court during its busiest month of the year. The high court acknowledged that, due to an “apparent software malfunction,” notifications about which cases would be granted or denied its review – that were not supposed to be released until Monday morning – were mistakenly distributed on Friday afternoon. The Supreme Court normally closely guards not only its opinions but also the decisions about whether to grant or deny a case. The court’s decision to hear a case – or not – can have significant consequences for the parties involved and can move markets.
Software malfunction. Heh. Was it the software or someone clicking “send” that actually was the glitch? Either way, it’s out now! Remember that confusion? Yup. Good times! For a court that closely guards *everything*, something like this is quite embarrassing. They’re the top court in the US, after all.
Multiple attorneys in several cases received emails alerting them to whether the court would hear arguments in their case or not. But those decisions were not made public on the court’s online docket, which caused mass confusion among appellate attorneys. “Accidents happen, and the court should be encouraged to provide more access to its rulings, like the email notification service that apparently caused today’s glitch,” said Steve Vladeck, CNN Supreme Court analyst and professor at Georgetown University Law Center. “That said, this is the second high-profile premature release of rulings in the last year,” Vladeck said. “Whether it’s a sign that the court is juggling too many balls at once or a symptom of some other problem, it’s not a great look for an institution the authority of which depends so profoundly on public confidence.”
Hmmmm. Accidents happen. This was a pretty big “accident”. It’s not a great look. Public confidence. Well said, sir. Good points. Ultimately, the Supreme Court issued its “orders list” Friday evening in response to the glitch. Smart people – well, sometimes. That third one I mentioned? In 2022, Politico obtained a draft opinion of the court’s blockbuster decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. That was, and in a way, still is, a massive decision for what it meant to so many people. It made me furious. Some of the decisions they’ve made since then also infuriated me, but that’s not what this piece is about.
The order list that the court wound up releasing on Friday included several decisions about whether or not to hear high-profile cases, including the decision to grant the Alabama capital case.
Those were some pretty important cases that the attorneys selected to bring to the high court. You can read the full article here for those details that I chose not to include in the piece. Thanks for sticking with me!
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98 percent of these cases Roberts should not have taken. none of the past justices would have. this is a suck dick court, every one of these justices including the liberals. absolutely no spine or even know the constitution.