Yes, but the news article didn’t say if there was a previous ruling from any lower court. How did it ‘jump’ to the Supreme Court directly?
This kind of reporting is sloppy.
That is NYS Supreme Court, not the Fed.
The plaintiffs made a direct appeal to SCOTUS for a writ of certiorari, but since there have been no cases before any federal, state, or municpal court in NY regarding this law SCOTUS refused to grant the writ. Also, since no plaintiff claimed penalty or loss under the law at this time there was no standing. bBy refusing to grant the writ SCOTUS creates no precedent and provides no bar to future requests.
This case went the the SCOTUS on an application for cert from the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. I can only speculate, but I suspect the SCOTUS denied cert because of the changes in the New York law (the enactment of the “SAFE Act”) that occurred subsequent to the Second Circuit decision that is at issue.
I find that to be the case in about 99.9% of reporting.
Pathtic.