I mean Rule 25(a)(5), defining legal holidays. Rule 10(d) is also in play in a secondary role. The City Without a Vote, State Without a Number, has decided that today, 10 Nov 2023, shall be observed as Veterans’ Day.

Hence Tax Court is closed: no orders or opinions, not even a Press Release.

Apparently no successor to STJ Jennifer E. (“Publius”) Siegel has been found for the post of Public Affairs, as a month-old announcement is the latest thing on the website, and no update for the next similar event has yet been posted. If the government is shut down, will Tax Court function?

Whatever, I’ll march tomorrow, with my American Legion Post. If you’re on Fifth Avenue tomorrow morning, drop by and say “hello.”