“explain why this was not SCOTUS dodging the issue?”
That’s exactly what it is.
If they had done their job in 2020 re the case from TX, that other states joined, we probably would be in much better shape than we are.
Feckless cowards.
Special Counsel Jack Smith had asked the nation’s highest court to take up the immunity case on an expedited basis, bypassing the federal court of appeals.
The Supreme Court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, including three justices nominated by Trump, denied the request in a one-line order that did not provide any reason for the decision.