Court Opinion

ID: 9494961
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 15:51:24.427299+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:56:44.335481
License: Public Domain

BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge,
dissenting.
I concur in Judge Boggs’s careful and scholarly dissent. I write separately to say that I concur in all of that dissent, including the exposition of the procedural history of the case. In her separate concurrence, Judge Moore expresses her belief that by revealing that history, Judge Boggs — and I, by concurring — undermine the legitimacy of the court and do harm to ourselves, this court and the nation. I believe that exactly the opposite is true. Public confidence in this court or any other is premised on the certainty that the court follows the rules in every case, regardless of the question that a particular case presents. Unless we expose to public view our failures to follow the court’s established procedures, our claim to legitimacy is illegitimate.