[Bigh4u2]

"McElroy said he interpreted that to mean that if he wins in the appeals courts Kennedy would be willing to lift his order blocking removal."

Maybe Mister McElroy should have read a little better.

” He also said it was likely that four justices on the high court would be willing to review the case if the federal appeals court upholds Thompson's order."

Nothing there indicates that the SCOTUS would lift the block. Matter of fact, it's just the opposite.

[NinoFan]

Nothing there indicates that the SCOTUS would lift the block. Matter of fact, it's just the opposite.

Exactly. Kennedy's opinion reads so much against lifting the block (and he seems to be hinting to the lower courts, both the federal and the state, that they better get the law right) that the only explanation for this lawyer's statement is absurd spin. Justice Kennedy also says that he has considered whether the votes to grant cert in the future exist, and he thinks that they are there.