“...doesn’t mean that the Supreme Court doesn’t recognize the urgency in settling the underlying claim”
And the Supreme Court may feel that the underlying claim needs to be struck down in no uncertain terms to prevent more people from wasting the Court’s time trying to relitigate elections that the Court can never remedy.
>> And the Supreme Court may feel that the underlying claim needs to be struck down in no uncertain terms to prevent more people from wasting the Court’s time trying to relitigate elections that the Court can never remedy. <<
Nahhhh.... lower courts can handle that function. Unanimously affirming a lower-court decision in favor of the government, that is uncontradicted by other courts, and that leaves the legal status quo is rather pointless.
Let’s keep in mind that this Court refused to consider several much more timely cases.