Former Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement took effect on July 31, 2018, leaving the Court with eight justices until a new justice was confirmed. Former Justice Anthony Kennedy was the Circuit Justice for the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. This assignment was significant insofar as the Ninth Circuit has by far the largest jurisdiction of all the circuits, and it considers more immigration appeals than any of the other circuits. On August 1, 2018, Chief Justice John Roberts assigned the Ninth Circuit to himself.

Kagan isn't likely to favor any special appeals re any Second Amendment cases. Just another hurdle that we don't need. Might not make any practical difference at all. Still, rather have Thomas or Alito.

Supreme Court Unveils New Circuit Assignments for Justices – Here Is the Breakdown

Published November 20, 2020 at 4:46pm

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/11/supreme-court-unveils-new-circuit-assignments-justices-breakdown/

The US Supreme Court on Friday released its new circuit assignments for the justices.

The good news? Conservative Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Samuel Alito, Amy Coney Barrett and Clarence Thomas were all assigned to crucial battleground states such as Pennsylvania, Georgia, Wisconsin and Michigan.

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.

Edit: I highlighted the states with current election "issues".

So what does this mean?

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Judge Alison assigned to the 3rd, covering PA is epic.  PA already dissed him twice when he ordered in person ballots segregated from mail in and absentee.  Don't disregard a SCOTUS judge because he will have the last say in the Supreme Court.