Why is anyone surprised?
I do have a question on this request. Has any court ever postponed the effective date of a ruling until election day before ?
“Has any court ever postponed the effective date of a ruling until election day before ?”
I’ve never heard of such a thing before. It seems like the court would have really sabotaged itself by doing so. Three of the justices were in favor of rehearing (the three who dissented in the first place), but I don’t think any were in favor of a stay until election day. Such a move would have been very awkward precedent.