Every Republican on the AZ Supreme Court is of the McStain faction. They made this ruling at this time to help the commie running against Kari Lake. This is the same Supreme Court that has no interest in ruling on election integrity issues such as signature verification for mail-in ballots, machines that only break down in Republican districts, and mail-ins arriving at polling places with the container seals broken.
No one forced Lake to endorse the law 2 years ago and run away from it today.