[NinoFan]

Nothing there indicates that the SCOTUS would lift the block. Matter of fact, it's just the opposite.

Exactly. Kennedy's opinion reads so much against lifting the block (and he seems to be hinting to the lower courts, both the federal and the state, that they better get the law right) that the only explanation for this lawyer's statement is absurd spin. Justice Kennedy also says that he has considered whether the votes to grant cert in the future exist, and he thinks that they are there.

[CAluvdubya]

(and he seems to be hinting to the lower courts, both the federal and the state, that they better get the law right)

This was my take on it also.

The lawyer is a kook and so is his client. This town voted overwhelmingly to keep the Cross right where it is.