"The Biden administration is now requesting that the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, based in Ohio, end the pause ordered by the Fifth Circuit in Louisiana" - Can someone explain how one court of appeals can overturn a ruling made in another circuit court of appeals?

posted 3 years ago by xleb2 3 years ago by xleb2 +39 / -0

I don't understand this strategy. Dueling circuit courts of appeals? I thought an overruling would have to come from a higher court which would be Scotus.

Biden administration asks federal appeals court to immediately lift pause on business vaccine mandate - CNBC - https://archive.ph/1Q8kn

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– almond_activator 9 points 3 years ago +9 / -0

The Judiciary Branch consolidated them - basically SCOTUS is forcing the case to go through a federal circuit before it reaches them, but only one.

The unions even filed several last-minute cases in lefty circuits to increase the chances that someplace like the Ninth would get to hear the case. Absolute bastards.

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– the_nybbler 3 points 3 years ago +3 / -0

The unions even filed several last-minute cases in lefty circuits to increase the chances that someplace like the Ninth would get to hear the case.

Didn't matter, though; they did the lottery with equal chances for each circuit, not each case, and cases had already been filed in every circuit from the state attorneys-general.

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