According to the SCOTUS rules:
A cert petition is voted on at a session of the Court called a conference. A conference is a private meeting of the nine Justices by themselves; the public is not permitted to attend, and neither are the Justices’ law clerks. If four Justices vote to grant the petition, then the case proceeds to the briefing stage; otherwise, the case ends. Except in death penalty cases and other cases in which the Court orders briefing from the respondent, the respondent may, but is not required to, file a response to the cert petition.
So it is not being denied outright like it was under Justice Souter. Now we need to get 4 Justices to agree on the merits.
Hopefully Alito, Scalia, Roberts and Thomas/Kennedy.
I listened to Leo on Prarie Radio and Lan last night. Leo was great.
Hopefully Drudge or at least one AM radio host will pick this up.
“Now we need to get four justices to agree on the merits”
This is a joke. Right?
No standing, no authority, no evidence, unprecedented request NEVER BEFORE EVEN DISCUSSED, much less granted.
Just absurd.