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Judges Can’t Rule After They Die, Supreme Court Says

Judges Can’t Rule After They Die, Supreme Court Says

Once judges die, they lose the power to rule, the nation's highest federal court has decided. The U.S. Supreme Court has decided that a federal appeals court judge who died before a decision he voted on was issued can't have his vote counted.

Once judges die, they lose the power to rule, the nation's highest federal court has decided. The U.S. Supreme Court has decided that a federal appeals court judge who died before a decision he voted on was issued can't have his vote counted.…