SCOTUS Postpones Hearings, Including For Trump Financial Doc Cases, Due To COVID-19

UNITED STATES - NOVEMBER 14: The U.S. Supreme Court building at sunset on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
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The Supreme Court announced Monday that it was postponing that oral arguments that had been scheduled for later this month, including arguments in the high profile subpoena cases over President Trump’s financial documents.

“The Court will examine the options for rescheduling those cases in due course in light of the developing circumstances,” a press release on the court’s website said.

While not unprecedented, such a postponement is extremely rare for the court.

The press release cited only one other time in the Supreme Court’s history it had postponed oral arguments, for the  Spanish flu epidemic.

“The Court also shortened its argument calendars in August 1793 and August 1798 in response to yellow fever outbreaks,” the press release said.

The justices will still go forward with plans for a private conference this Friday, though some justices “may participate remotely by telephone,” according to the release.

The court’s also still planning to release online any new orders, as scheduled, next Monday.

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  1. Avatar for paulw paulw says:

    There’s no reason except hidebound that they can’t do all of this with remote links.

  2. Avatar for spin spin says:

    This is way too convenient… the court could move people around to be 6 feet apart, and take the time to clean things. The nations highest court, a co-equal branch of government can’t just close.

    Really transparent here, and makes roberts’s Look like a hack.

    P.s. and most courts with far fewer resources to clean, check, are open, just not for jury trials and are avoiding things like motion days where lawyers would be jammed in.

    Roberts has no excuse for this, just poor leadership and either (a) a desire to help trump by putting off high profile cases, or (2) just a lack of vision and an understanding of his role to be open for justice.

  3. Stay safe RBG. Kavanaugh can go to the pub each night, though.

  4. postponing oral arguments over President Trump’s financial documents. rescheduling those cases in due course in light of the developing circumstances,

    I’m going to make a wild guess that “due course in light of the developing circumstances” means sometime after election day so Roberts and the Four Faustians see how Trump fares.

  5. I think Boof Kavanaugh should lick a few toilet seats.

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