The Supreme Court has discretion to take this kind of case. The parties had a trial, and an appeal. Sometimes a justice who objects to denial of certiorari will pen a dissent. That is an unusual step.
that is sort-of my point. fundamentally, what they are saying is we already decided how this will turn out and we don’t want to have to say it. An appeal is the right of the states who brought it, but hearing and ruling on it would be nothing more than a formality. They all have their minds made up already and it’s all political or personal bias. It’s sickening. Of course, just my humble opinion... I know little about formal procedure etc...