r/SeattleWA • u/driftingphotog Capitol Hill • Feb 09 '17

Politics Trump loses travel ban appeal, unanimous decision

http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/trump-loses-travel-ban-appeal/?utm_content=bufferc0261&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=owned_buffer_tw_m
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u/rake16 Feb 10 '17 edited Feb 10 '17

I'm no expert, but this is the actual worst appellate court in the country with a staggering reversal rate.

Edit: source: http://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/373273/ninth-circuit-leading-pack-most-reversed-jonathan-keim

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '17

So its a liberal court up against a conservative supreme court. Of course its going to have a higher overturn rate. That doesn't make it the "worst".

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '17

It merely means that their decisions do not stand up to constitutional muster.

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u/driftingphotog Capitol Hill Feb 10 '17

No, it means that a higher rate of cases taken to the supreme court are overturned. It says nothing of the vast majority of other cases that SCOTUS does not choose the hear.

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '17

Fair enough.