I know people want something now, but it really is a lot to ask for a complicated decision that will affect agency law to be fully written in less than a week.
It’s pretty clear that they aren’t just going to rule on a stay, they are going to write on the merits.
The opinion will control agency law for some time to come.
Since fines aren’t being implemented until February for lack of testing, the court does have some time.
Looks like something relating to this is what came out today. Per scotusblog...
The Court holds that civil service pensions based on employment as a dual-status military technician are not payments based on “service as a member of a uniformed service” under the Social Security Act.
Re: 69 - Thank you for injecting a dose of reality in the thread
All pretend lawyers, you can now go back to your normal activities.
It would be easy to issue a one sentence stay with a full ruling to follow.
The other thing, is Roberts generally strives for consensus. He Martin-Quinn scores are in the middle of the pack. He *may* be using this extra time, to push for a narrow ruling to widen the yea/nay gap.