WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is refusing to be drawn into a dispute over the appointment of Matthew Whitaker as the acting U.S. attorney general.
The justices on Monday rejected an appeal in a case dealing with gun rights that also included a challenge to President Donald Trump’s appointment of Whitaker to temporarily lead the Justice Department.
The appeal claims Whitaker’s appointment is illegal under federal law and asks the court to name Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein as a party in the case, instead of Whitaker.
The Justice Department in November released an internal legal opinion supporting the legality of Whitaker’s appointment as acting attorney general. Trump has called Whitaker “a highly respected person.”
Former Attorney General William Barr has been nominated by Trump to again lead the Justice Department.
This was to be expected.
So I assume they simply denied cert, which means there’s no actual ruling.
SCOTUS’s way of saying, “We ain’t cleanin’ that up.”
When will the media start telling the truth about the Supreme Court. That truth, which has been obvious since at least Bush v Gore, is that America does NOT have a “conservative” Supreme Court but rather Americs does have a Republican supreme court.
Deceptive reporting from AP again. Scotus opted not to hear a case by a Colorado man who claimed he should be able to own a gun because his felonies were minor. Since they were not hearing the case there was no need to rule on anything and that is what they did.