A case about the proper place to sue the US government highlights how far right the nation’s most conservative appeals court has shifted, sending more and more cases to a conservative-led Supreme Court that often doesn’t see things the same way.
Food and Drug Administration v. R.J. Reynolds Vapor Co., which is scheduled for argument Tuesday at the high court, is one of 13 cases this term out of the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. That’s more than 20% of the Supreme Court’s current workload. The next highest number—seven cases—comes from the Fourth Circuit.
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