I’ve noticed a quirk on the Supreme Court’s docket. Often, an order from a Justice will be entered before the notation for reply briefs, even though the reply briefs were filed before the order.<\/p>\n

Such is the case with\u00a0Hoskins v. Von Glahn<\/em><\/a>, which concerned Missouri’s congressional maps.<\/p>\n

The reply briefs were filed in the early hours of Tuesday, September 8. Then, around 6:00 in the evening, Circuit Justice Kavanaugh denied the order in chambers. Yet, on the docket, Kavanaugh’s order appears before the reply briefs.<\/p>\n

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If you were to just look at this docket, you might think that the reply briefs were filed\u00a0after<\/em> the Circuit Justice order, which would make no sense.<\/p>\n

I’m not sure why they are sorted like this. Perhaps the Justice’s order always takes precedence in a given day?<\/p>\n

The post A Strange Sorting Feature On The Supreme Court's Docket<\/a> appeared first on Reason Magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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