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

What does this mean?

Law & Crime breaks it down:

The federal court system is made up of district courts, appellate courts, and the U.S. Supreme Court. After a case has made its way through one of the nation’s 94 trial courts, a party may appeal to the circuit court in their jurisdiction. The image below helpfully outlines what the circuit boundaries are and identifies them by circuit number.

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

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https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/circuitassignments.aspx

Smartmatic Denies Transfer of Technology to Dominion Voting Systems — Articles Scrubbed from Website — But Internet Archive Never Lies

Why are Smartmatic and Dominion hiding their direct ties?

Why are they scrubbing the internet of articles linking the two companies?

Smartmatic posted a tweet this week outright denying their transfer of technology to Dominion voting systems.

But there is evidence that this is completely false.

In December 2007 Smartmatic announced the sale of their Sequoia Voting Systems to Dominion Voting Systems.

Smartmatic published a press release announcing their sale Sequoia voting systems as shown in screenshot below.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/11/smartmatic-denies-transfer-technology-dominion-voting-systems-articles-scrubbed-website-internet-archive-never-lies/

The FISA Act — A Sharp Weapon to Takedown Dominos

Mr. Giuliani was interviewed today by Fox Anchor Maria Bartiromo. He said that Dominion went so far as to send all the ballot data out of the country. This is shocking. It is interference in American elections. It’s a matter of national security. With that alone, this case requires the FISA Act. Dominion used software developed by a company called Smartmatic. The chairman of this company is a close business partner of Soros. This company has very close ties to Venezuela and the Chinese Communist Party, the CCP. The company was founded by the former President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez. Two of Chavez’s partners still own the company, and they used the software to commit fraud in the South American elections.

Mr. Giuliani said that in Pennsylvania, for example, they had confirmed 632,000 illegal ballots, which is enough for the President to win by more than 300,000 votes in the state. Also, in Detroit, about 100,000 ballots were brought in at 4:30 a.m. to be counted. Each ballot had only Biden’s name on it and no one else’s, not even the names of other Democrats. This is because Dominion indicated Biden was so far behind that ballot counting had to be stopped. Otherwise, the election would be called for Trump.

Who is behind Dominion, and who finances Dominion and Scytl? Sequoia Capital! That’s Neil Shen, the King of the Internet in China! Mr. Shen controls the software on behalf of the CCP, so the CCP is behind Dominion. That is the core of the problem. That’s why now, instead of going through the regular legal process, Trump’s legal team is using the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA act), and going through the FISA Court. So far, every piece of information that Mr. Giuliani mentioned has to do with national security and is directed at the CCP, which manipulated the US election.

The warfare launched by the CCP

This company, called Smartmatic, was founded by the former President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez. He used it to commit fraud in the South American elections. This company was banned in the U.S. ten years ago. But now it has come back to the U.S. as a subcontractor, using another company’s name as a cover. There are people in the U.S. government who are in cahoots with the CCP and sell out the national interest. Evidence shows that the state officials who bought Dominion received large amounts of kickbacks, and software security problems have been reported for a long time, but the CIA and FBI have ignored them.

Everyone knows that Maduro’s government in Venezuela is a regime on the verge of collapse. Why does he have the ability to operate in this way? Venezuela has long been under the control of the CCP, which uses various offshore centers, intelligence points, and software centers to gather information.

Where did the information for the ballots in this election come from? The CCP sells the massive personal information of Americans in the underground black market and dark web. In several instances where a large amount of personal information was stolen, it eventually led to the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. This is the heart of the crux. The ultimate manipulator is the CCP, the Night King!

This was a terrorist attack. The CCP, the Deep State, and the elite in the United States all knew that they had to use this opportunity to get President Trump out of the White House at all costs. They jointly planned and launched this attack early on.

Although there was no hot war, the election software attack was a comprehensive, organized, multi-dimensional, multi-city warfare. It has affected the constitutional democracy of the United States and the very foundation of this country. Therefore, it’s not an exaggeration to call it a form of international terrorism. It’s worse than hitting a building with a plane.

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Donald Trump: ‘Big Pharma’ Purposely Delayed Coronavirus Vaccine Until After Election

President Donald Trump accused pharmaceutical companies Friday of purposely delaying a coronavirus vaccine until after the election, in order to prevent his reelection.

“Pfizer and others even decided to not assess the results of their vaccine, in other words, not come out with a vaccine, until just after the election,” Trump said.

The president accused the companies of purposely delaying the vaccine results, noting that they had planned to assess the data as early as October, but postponed it.

“So they waited and waited and waited, and they thought they’d come out with it a few days after the election, and it would have probably had an impact, who knows, maybe it wouldn’t have,” Trump said. “I’m sure they would have found the ballots someplace … the Democrats.”

The president said that “Big Pharma” was against his re-election because of his decision to level new rules against the industry to reduce the cost of prescription drugs.

Trump promoted the new regulations on Friday at a press statement at the White House.

Trump said that drug companies ran millions of dollars of ads against his campaign because of what he planned to do to reduce drug costs.

“We had Big Pharma against us, we had the media against us, we had Big Tech against us. We had a lot of dishonesty against us,” Trump said.

One rule, announced by the president, would force companies to let Medicare pay the same “favored nation” price as the low prices in other countries.

A second rule requires pharmaceutical companies to cut out the middlemen on rebates and discounted drugs and send the savings directly to Medicare patients.

The rules go into effect in January.

The Trump administration estimates that the new rules save American taxpayers and beneficiaries more than $85 billion over seven years.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/11/20/donald-trump-big-pharma-purposely-delayed-coronavirus-vaccine-until-after-the-election/

NRA Spending Big in Georgia

Gun-rights proponents have started spending big in the Georgia runoff elections that will determine control of the Senate.

The National Rifle Association began pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars into reelecting Republicans David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler over the past five days, according to Federal Election Commission disclosures. The money has gone to canvassing, mail ads, and door hangers aimed at supporting the Republicans or opposing Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock. It has yet to be matched by any spending from gun-control groups such as Michael Bloomberg-backed Everytown for Gun Safety.

Despite the early spending lead from gun-rights activists, both sides have described the stakes of the election as monumental. If both Democrats win, the party would effectively control the Senate with soon-to-be vice president Kamala Harris casting tie-breaking votes on important issues like Joe Biden's sweeping gun-control proposals. Victories from either Perdue or Loeffler would maintain GOP control of the upper chamber and help to block Biden's agenda, which includes a proposed tax on certain rifles and ammunition magazines that would cost upward of $34 billion.

Mark Oliva, a spokesman for the National Shooting Sports Foundation, said the runoffs will determine if Democrats will have a chance to pass gun-control legislation like universal background checks and assault-weapon bans opposed by Perdue and Loeffler but supported by Ossoff and Warnock. The group is ramping up its Gun Vote registration and turnout program in the state.

"The choice in Georgia is the choice of, ‘Do we preserve our American character and our God-given rights or do we allow the steamrolling of radical ideologies to eradicate our rights?'" Oliva told the Washington Free Beacon. "Do the House, the Senate, and the executive all fall under Democratic radical gun-control ideas? Or are we able to have a stop, a blocking measure, with Republicans controlling the Senate and making sure that gun-control ideas die on the vine?"

Gun-control advocates were just as adamant in their support for Ossoff and Warnock.

"If we elect a gun-safety majority to the Senate, the Biden-Harris administration will have everything they need to hit the ground running and make tangible change starting on day one," gun-control group Brady United told its supporters in an email. "We're on the cusp of real, lifesaving change."

https://freebeacon.com/2020-election/nra-spending-big-in-georgia/

Every County Sheriff in L.A. Region Declines to Enforce Gavin Newsom’s Coronavirus Curfew

Every county sheriff in the Los Angeles region has reportedly declined to enforce the new near-statewide curfew announced Thursday by Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Reporter Bill Melugin of Fox’s Los Angeles affiliate, KTTV-11, tweeted Friday:

As Breitbart News reported Thursday, Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes issued a statement saying that his officers would emphasize an “education-first approach” but would not respond to calls only related to coronavirus enforcement:

Earlier today, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department became aware of a limited Stay at Home Order that Governor Newsom’s office ordered to go into effect on Saturday, November 21 at 10 PM.

Throughout the pandemic, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department has taken an education-first approach with regard to the public health orders.

We are currently assessing the action by the Governor.

At this time, due to the need to have deputies available or emergency calls for service, deputies will not be responding to requests for face-coverings or social gatherings-only enforcement.

Newsom announced the curfew Thursday, after hinting earlier in the week that he was studying curfews in other states and countries, including Saudi Arabia.

The curfew will begin Saturday, November 21, at 10:00 p.m., and will run from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. for a month. It will apply to “purple” tier counties, which include nearly the entire state of California.

California, like other states, is suffering a coronavirus surge.

https://www.breitbart.com/law-and-order/2020/11/20/every-county-sheriff-in-l-a-region-declines-to-enforce-gavin-newsoms-coronavirus-curfew/

Kevin McCarthy letter urges 23 House Dems to bypass Nancy Pelosi and deliver COVID-19 relief for America

'… it's time for them to live up to their word.'

The Republican minority in the House of Representatives is pushing on moderate Democrats to break with Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and pass a coronavirus relief bill that can advance through the Senate.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Friday sent a letter to 23 House Democrats who were previously open to bucking party leadership and moving forward on a coronavirus stimulus without Pelosi's backing, the Daily Caller reported. McCarthy's office delivered the letter after Democrats once again blocked an effort from House Republicans to reconsider their coronavirus relief bill Thursday.

McCarthy urges his Democratic colleagues to file a discharge petition to force a House vote on a bipartisan stimulus bill, as they previously threatened to do in September.

"On September 27, nearly two months ago, you signed a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi stating: 'It is our request that you continue to negotiate towards a bipartisan deal. Otherwise, a discharge petition is the only potential option for COVID-19 related action on the House Floor…' As we know, no bipartisan deal has yet been reached," McCarthy said in his letter.

I just sent this letter to the 23 House Democrats who told Pelosi in September that they would move forward with CO… https://t.co/KgSFSO8rBL

— Kevin McCarthy (@Kevin McCarthy)1605905988.0

In September, 23 House Democrats urged Pelosi and Democratic Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) to "continue bipartisan negotiations" in pursuit of "meaningful relief for the American people" from the economic hardship caused by coronavirus pandemic lockdowns. The 23 Democrats said that if Pelosi did not reach an agreement with Republicans, "a discharge petition is the only potential option for COVID-19 related action on the House Floor and we do not believe that is the best path forward."

The House has taken no action on the coronavirus relief since these Democrats put the discharge petition on the table. Now, McCarthy wants them to take action. He criticized Pelosi's failure to negotiate with Republicans.

"Perhaps more discouraging is that even after Speaker Pelosi failed to secure a deal before recessing the House ahead of the election, you did not live up to your word to sign Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler's Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) discharge petition. This legislation would free up $137.5 billion of unspent PPP funds. It would allow small businesses to take a second PPP loan and extends the PPP deadline until December 31, 2020," McCarthy's letter continues.

Republican and Democratic congressional leaders met Thursday to discuss new COVID-19 relief measures and new federal spending legislation to keep the government open. Congress must pass appropriations bills before Dec. 11 to avert a government shutdown.

The White House is involved in the negotiations. On Friday, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told CNBC that GOP leaders will "come up with a plan to sit down with Pelosi and Schumer and try to get a targeted bill done for the people that really need it."

https://www.theblaze.com/mccarthy-letter-urges-23-house-dems-to-bypass-pelosi-and-deliver-covid-19-relief-for-america

Gov. Andrew Cuomo will receive Emmy for COVID-19 TV briefings

And the Emmy for Best Acting as a Sitting Governor goes to …

Gov. Andrew Cuomo — who’s been blamed for letting the deadly coronavirus run rampant in New York’s nursing homes — is set to receive an International Emmy award for his daily TV briefings about the disease.

But it won’t be for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Real-Life Drama.

Instead, Cuomo will be recognized for his “effective use of television during the pandemic,” the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced Friday.

“The Governor’s 111 daily briefings worked so well because he effectively created television shows, with characters, plot lines, and stories of success and failure,” said Bruce Paisner, president and CEO of the International Academy.

“People around the world tuned in to find out what was going on, and ‘New York tough’ became a symbol of the determination to fight back.”

Cuomo will be presented with the International Emmys’ “Founders Award” during an event that will be live-streamed on Monday, the academy said.

In an ironic twist, the announcement came just two days after Cuomo called a reporter “obnoxious and offensive in your tone” for asking whether New York City’s public schools would remain open amid rising infection rates.

Cuomo has faced unrelenting, bipartisan criticism over a Health Department directive that forced nursing homes to accept “medically stable” COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals.

The since-rescinded policy is under review by the US Justice Department, which in October ramped up its probe by asking the state to hand over a breakdown of hospital deaths.

The information, which officials have refused to make public, could dramatically increase the official tally of nursing home residents who were killed by the virus, which is now around 6,700.

https://nypost.com/2020/11/20/gov-andrew-cuomo-will-receive-emmy-for-covid-19-tv-briefings/

Donald Trump Jr. Reportedly Tests Positive for COVID-19

In early October, it became known that the US president Donald Trump tested positive for coronavirus along with First Lady Melania Trump. At that time, Trump Jr managed to escape the disease.

Donald Trump Jr, son of the US president, has tested positive for coronavirus at the start of the week, according to Bloomberg reporters.

He is reportedly asymptomatic and quarantining at a private location since he knew the test result. He is also said to be following all medically recommended COVID-19 guildelines.

According to reports, he has been around at least two people who had the virus without contracting it until now.

"Don tested positive at the start of the week and has been quarantining out at his cabin since the result. He’s been completely asymptomatic so far and is following medical guidelines", spokesman for Donald Trump Jr reportedly said, cited by Maggie Haberman, a White House correspondent for NYT.

Himself, Trump Jr has not commented on the reports.

Son of President Donald Trump managed to escape the infection in October, when POTUS and First Lady revealed they tested positive for coronavirus.

The infection has affected several White House aides, including press secretary Kayleigh McEnany and several aides to Vice President Mike Pence - who himself has not tested positive.

Earlier on Friday, Andrew Giuliani, son of Trump's lawyer Rudi Giuliani, announced on his Twitter that he has been infected with COVID-19.

https://sputniknews.com/us/202011201081229369-donald-trump-jr-reportedly-tests-positive-for-covid-19/