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Their wordsBut despite variations in their text, they all basically mean the same thing: the ruling at issue is frozen (i.e., it cannot be enforced) until and unless the U.S. Supreme Court acts conclusively on the full appeal-no matter what happens in the lower courts in the interim.
Their wordsI'm not sure how many times I need to say it before people believe I mean it, but it's always a problem when the Court doesn't explain these rulings, even (if not especially) in the rare but non-zero instances in which I think that there are good explanations for them.
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The briefing in the mail-in ballots case makes it clear that the application should be denied.
Their wordsMy own view is that the briefing has made it even more abundantly clear why that application should be denied-and that some pretty ugly things could result if it's granted.
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