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To: napscoordinator
Surprising especially considering all Supremes were in agreement.

I don't think it necessarily means all the justice of the Supreme Court opposed it. I think it means that fewer than four justices - the minimum needed - agreed to take the case up.

45 posted on 03/19/2018 2:47:30 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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This was an application for a stay of the lower court’s order. Any single Justice can grant a stay. Justice Alito denied it first then submitted it to the other Justices, which is standard practice. None of the others granted the stay.
It takes four Justices to grant a petition for a writ of certiorari which means moving an appeal to oral arguments before the full court.


97 posted on 03/20/2018 12:39:43 PM PDT by Nero Germanicus
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