Another silly comment. Nobody forces the Supreme Court to do anything. I’m watching the Jay Sekulow show right now, and they are repeatedly making the point the court already has everything it needs now, to rule however they want, without even any oral arguments if they don’t want them. And they may not because time is of the essence. Your analysis on this is simply and completely wrong.
That is exactly what I said.
SCOTUS is asked to exercise ORIGINAL JURISDICTION. So, rather than review the trial court record on appeal, SCOTUS looks at thousands of pages of briefs and declarations.
There will be no live testimony.
SCOTUS may or may not order oral arguments.
But SCOTUS is acting as a trial court here, not an appellate court.