A Coup d’etat – The 2020 U.S. Presidential Race -Special: The Circuit Assignment

The Chief Justice, John Roberts, ordered allotment of the circuit court on November 20, 2020. The order is,

“It is ordered that the following allotment be made of The Chief Justice and the Associate Justices of this Court among the circuits, pursuant to Title 28, United States Code, Section 42 and that such allotment be entered of record, effective November 20, 2020.

• For the District of Columbia Circuit – John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice
• For the First Circuit – Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice
  (Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island)
• For the Second Circuit – Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice (Connecticut, New York, Vermont)
• For the Third Circuit – Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Associate Justice (Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virgin Island)
• For the Fourth Circuit – John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice (Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia, Virginia)
• For the Fifth Circuit – Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Associate Justice (Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas)
• For the Sixth Circuit – Brett M. Kavanaugh, Associate Justice (Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee)
• For the Seventh Circuit – Amy Coney Barrett, Associate Justice (Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin)
• For the Eighth Circuit – Brett M. Kavanaugh, Associate Justice (Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
• For the Ninth Circuit – Elena Kagan, Associate Justice (Alaska, Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, Nevada, Northern Mariana Islands, Washington)
• For the Tenth Circuit – Neil M. Gorsuch, Associate Justice (Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, Wyoming)
• For the Eleventh Circuit – Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice (Alabama, Florida, Georgia)
• For the Federal Circuit – John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice.”

Analysis:

Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr.: charging Pennsylvania

Justice John G. Roberts, Jr.: charging North Carolina, and Virginia

Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh: charging Michigan and Minnesota

Justice Amy Coney Barrett: charging Wisconsin

Justice Elena Kagan: charging Arizona, California, and Nevada

Justice Neil M. Gorsuch: charging New Mexico

Justice Clarence Thomas: charging Florida and Georgia

All swing states (Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Florida, and Georgia) have been assigned to conservative justices. Only Arizona and Nevada have been assigned to Elena Kagan, liberal justice. Even some key states, such as New Mexico, Virginia, Minnesota, and North Carolina, have been allocated to the conservative justices. Three (Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett) out nine justices were nominated by President Donald J. Trump.

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If the lawsuits are brought into the Supreme Court,

President Trump might be in the better position!