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None of the Justices dissented on this decision. Does that suggest they all agree that Trump should exhaust the appeals before they make the final ruling?
I'm of two lines of thought...
It could mean they're in the tank for Trump and are intent on delay, delay, delay.
It could mean that they feel a process this important shouldn't skip steps and they want to see what the appeals court has to say.
I keep flipping back and forth. :( I wish they had commented.
I think there is historically low trust in the Supreme Court and the entire institution's power is based on trust (as opposed to the executives's that's based on an enormous military) and anything that vaguely looks like taking a side on this could too the balance.
Roberts has seemed extremely aware of this issue for a long time on more political cases.
This further reduces trust in the court.
I don't think they could keep it a secret if they intended to back Trump.
That's kind of my take. Too many people want to paint SCOTUS as a single (and usually corrupt) entity but there's a much wider diversity of opinions expressed across SCOTUS which often gets left out when we talk about their rulings. A complete lack of dissent from all justices signals that there is indeed some rationale here beyond partisan politics. Given the importance of the matter and the many many consequences of any given ruling on it, it makes sense to me that they would hold off and let the appellate courts chew on it for a while. By holding off they are allowing a wider array of judge's opinions to be heard which can only enrich the arguments they'll hear when and if they do ultimately take the case.
Fascinating but I don't see how that applies here.