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> which is to try to prompt a SCOTUS decision on a controversy. Given that 4 justices have to agree to hear the case, I'd expect the court would simply decline

• smt88 4y ago
  > Given that 4 justices have to agree to hear the case, I'd expect the court would simply decline to do so. Very possible. The court is essentially an imperial force now, as some spectators have said. It's worth a try, at least.
  • TMWNN 4y ago
    >Very possible. The court is essentially an imperial force now, as some spectators have said. Oh, good grief. "4 justices have to agree to hear the case" = granting certiori, as said elsewhere in this thread. It is the completely normal and usual way of the court deciding whether to hear a case at all. I know that you got the "imperial" adjective from breathless recent media, but if you don't know even the basics of how the court works, refrain from commenting.