Appeals court generally refuse to decide a case unless there is an actual controversy existing at the time of the decision. Our Supreme Court has in the past, agreed to hear a case only to later take it off the docket because the issue got otherwise resolved.
These are extraordinary times, when evil-doers make extraordinary use of the state's judiciary. I'd say that since the RATS seem to think that all bets are off on existing laws, all bets are off on what the Supremes might do. But that's just MHO.
I believe that Lautenberg is as dead a duck as the Torch ever was. But the stupid party doesn't understand it yet.