@staidwinnow @GottaLaff Wait so is this ruling from #SCOTUS or not? I didn't know that the #5thCircuit could overturn their rulings.
Essentially, rather than being a final decision, its a procedural action as to what should take place during the supreme Court case.
@sj_zero I see no context here, sorry. What's this in reply to?
Well the way it works is that each court can issue whatever opinions it wants, and higher courts can, but don't have to, correct them.
And it's critical to realize that technically every single ruling is only about a specific case.
So basically the way it works is that the Supreme Court issues a ruling in a specific case with the expectation that lower courts will rule similarly in similar cases that come up later, but that is not really a requirement, lower courts CAN rule differently but they are risking having higher courts slap them down and reverse their rulings.
I don't know if that makes sense, I can probably phrase it a different way if it doesn't.
Ah yes, sorry I see what you are saying now.
Yep, The way the court system works in the US is a little complicated but really not that complicated, and it's unfortunate that more people don't understand the details of how it operates.
But yeah I think you're right.
@sj_zero @GottaLaff Well, I hate to double reply but, really I think this is a story about how the media so often does the country a disservice by not describing this stuff completely, by oversimplifying it.
It's really not that hard to properly describe a stay pending appeal for what it is, and yeah I just hold the press responsible for not reporting that accurately.
I'd say report it accurately and the general public will learn so much more about how their own legal system works, and it would be so good for the country.
But there you go. #journalism
Back in the 2000s, Jon Stewart lambasted the press for inauthentic, incorrect, false, or biased coverage. Unfortunately, it seems like they didn't really get the memo or they thought those criticisms only applied to those *other* journalists.
People often misinterpret stays pending appeal as a real decision and they are reported on in the media as if they are a final judgement.