I am torn about this. I understand the Supremes are "punting" as Thomas likes to say to get more time, but I don't know if it's dead or not. It seems that if this week's cases are dead, next week's are too because there are not enough electoral votes next week AFAIK. All the procedural pages I find suggest that denial of cert is final and affirms that the lower court's decision should stand. That seems to mean the only reason for allowing amici is to let them get on the record in timely fashion even if their briefs are moot. (Otherwise somebody would say something about cert being denied twice, or cases still being open after denial, but nobody does.)

OTOH I just finished a long post partly about how ecstatic Q was when Kavanaugh was confirmed and how important this was for election cases. But that may be misdirection too!

So I don't have hope for these cases, other than that they showcase the eloquence, wisdom, and independence of Alito and Thomas (with thanks to Gorsuch for concurring). Thomas is himself distributing wake-up calls. Looks like time to: Cue the military.