For sure a lot more than yours.
You tipped yourself off when you called yourself a lawyer and said it was “inevitable” that the court would order a response. Any lawyer knows a Supreme Court does not need to hear a case. They can simply let stand a lower court decision.
Ergo, you are no lawyer.
This is not a discretionary appeal of a lower court's decision, which a Supreme Court can either accept or reject. If you look at the caption, this is not an appeal of a lower court's order; it is an original writ petition. The Court has no discretion to not hear it; it could have either denied it -- which would be a denial on the merits, unlike a refusal to take the case, granted it without asking for a response, or asked for a response. Given the high profile of this case, it was "inevitable" that the Court would take the third option.
You’ve probably already figured this out, Hostage, but I’ll say this anyway. LL is indeed a lawyer. I know him, meaning his name and what he does for a living. He very graciously answers SCOTUS-related questions for my SCOTUS ping list. I having a standing request with him to correct or clarify any misstatements I make about legal issues or decisions. He’s a very decent guy.
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