Mostly the fact that the US litigates so much. The courts haven't been on vacation in the mean time, they've been processing cases you'll never hear about. (do

Mostly the fact that the US litigates so much. The courts haven't been on vacation in the mean time, they've been processing cases you'll never hear about. (downvotes notwithstanding: the US court system is quite literally full, which is why these things take so long. Even if a judge wanted to, their schedule often simply isn't open until months, sometimes more than a year, later)