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The Sixth Circuit Streak

By Steve Hall

"U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals on 0-15 losing streak," is the title of Dan Horn's report for the Cincinnati Enquirer. The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati is one of the most powerful courts in the nation, but these days it's suffering through a major slump. The court owns the longest losing streak in the country over the past two years at the U.S. Supreme Court, which reviews decisions and corrects mistakes made by the nation's top appeals courts. The Supreme Court has examined 15 rulings from the 6th Circuit since 2008 and has thrown out every one of them. In each case - from death penalty appeals and tax disputes to disagreements over election law - the Supreme Court found critical errors that tainted the 6th Circuit's decision...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 22, 2011 (boomark / email).