They could still have taken the case and either ruled on the merits, or reversed on the procedural threshold questions and remanded to the lower courts . The amici are a formality—it doesn’t mean they’re going to do anything. Thomas, Alito, & Gorsuch wouldn’t have written dissents if granting cert was pointless.
They could still have taken the case and either ruled on the merits, or reversed on the procedural threshold questions and remanded to the lower courts . The amici are a formality—it doesn’t mean they’re going to do anything. Thomas, Alito, & Gorsuch wouldn’t have written dissents if granting cert was pointless.