The U.S. Supreme Court is famously tie-breaker free. When the Court is shorthanded and locks up 4–4, it issues a dry, one-sentence order: “The judgment is affirmed by an equally divided Court.”
Most American justice, though, is dispensed in state judiciaries. How do unsatisfying SCOTUS stalemates compare with what happens in state high courts? How do the laboratories of democracy deal with deadlock? Turns out, a supermajority of states—33—reject the SCOTUS “ties happen” approach, using various substitute-justice mechanisms to avert or break legal logjams.
Judge Willett will survey impasse resolution in state supreme courts and evaluate the good, bad, and in-between of the sundry approaches. This much is certain: Supreme stalemate is a vexing issue, and some state mechanisms to avert or break ties are plainly more juris-imprudent than others.
Title:
Supreme Stalemates
featuring Judge Don Willett
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Judge Don Willett serves on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Before joining the federal judiciary, Judge Willett served a dozen years on the Supreme Court of Texas. He has devoted his professional life to public service, and prior to becoming a judge, he served as legal counsel to a Texas Attorney General, a Texas Governor, a U.S. Attorney General, and the President of the United States.
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