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markodochartaigh

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1. If the Democratic party gets control of both Houses
Mon Oct 27, 2025, 09:43 PM
Oct 27

they need to only allow the supremacist court to meet one day a year, or maybe only on February 29, until further notice.




"Congress—which mandates the Supreme Court’s start date by law–set the date as the First Monday in October in 1917. 104 years later, that is still opening day. But between 1789 and 1917 the start date of the term changed quite a bit. Originally, Congress created two terms, one in February and one in August. In 1802 Congress abolished the August session and in 1827 it moved the Court’s start day from February to the first Monday in January. To accommodate a rising caseload, in 1844 the opening day was pushed back to the first Monday in December, and then in 1873 to the second Monday in October. When Congress passed a new judicial code in 1916 which effectively added to the Supreme Court’s burdensome docket, it moved opening day back a week to lengthen the term for the justices."


https://supremecourthistory.org/scotus-scoops/opening-day/

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