The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the decisive vote in a California pay dispute case before a lower court doesn’t count. The judge died before the ruling was filed. Apparently, there was never a decision as to whether dead judges can vote.
That goes against Democrat policy.
The case from the San Francisco-based 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals involved a dispute over pay filed by a Fresno County government employee.
Judge Stephen Reinhardt, who was seen as a progressive icon on the bench, heard the dispute and participated in a preliminary vote. The appeals court then issued an opinion in his name nine days after he passed away in March 2018.
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For a vote to count, the judge has to be alive, the court ruled, stunning the Progressives who thought differently.
But the high court, vacating the decision of a federal appeals court, said Monday that “federal judges are appointed for life, not for eternity.”
Supreme Court in case about 9th Circuit judge whose vote was counted after he died: “But federal judges are appointed for life, not for eternity.” https://t.co/lZPgIgoLGf pic.twitter.com/NyVFzgkEGR
— Todd Ruger (@ToddRuger) February 25, 2019
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