Sorry, but I think this is an over-reaction. The SCOTUS only decided not to overturn the 4th Circuit’s injunction of enforcement of the statute while the case is pending appeal in the 4th Circuit. This is not particularly shocking, since a 12 year old running in cross-country is hardly an emergency situation. We do have a rule of law in this country, and conservatives. SCOTUS is following their own precedent set down decades ago.
I suspect that if the matter makes its way to the SCOTUS, they will side with West Virginia.
I see it as a door opened wide thanks to spineless sc judges.
Don’t try to insert logic into a topic on Free Republic. It’s SOP on here to not read articles and go apoplectic.
“Sorry, but I think this is an over-reaction. The SCOTUS only decided not to overturn the 4th Circuit’s injunction of enforcement of the statute while the case is pending appeal in the 4th Circuit. This is not particularly shocking, since a 12 year old running in cross-country is hardly an emergency situation.”
True, and the SCOTUS seldom takes up emergency appeals, otherwise they’d be swamped by thousands of them every session.
However, it’s a lot more fun to ignore the details, and rant and rave about how the SCOTUS are selling us out, when they actually haven’t made any type of ruling on the merits of the case.