The AP is right in this case. Why didn’t SCROTUS vacate the lower courts unconstitutional edicts when they were first made? That’s right...They wanted to usurp executive authority. They have. The question is who made the decision in the executive branch to play this out in the courts where it never belonged.
They didn’t vacate them initially because the issue wasn’t before them.
And, of course, they’re also not ruling on the merits of them now.