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For those who may have missed prior threads on this, the denial of a petition for certiorari has no precedential effect (other than finalizing the lower court's
by treetalker 8mo ago
For those who may have missed prior threads on this, the denial of a petition for certiorari has no precedential effect (other than finalizing the lower court's decision in that particular case, in most instances).
The denial does not mean that SCOTUS "doesn't care": the area of the law is relatively new; SCOTUS almost certainly wants to let the various circuits experiment with different approaches; and SCOTUS may take a case once the law matures and a good circuit split has developed.
It could also be that this was not the right case ("bad facts make bad law").
Nothing to see here.