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Originally Posted by CNN
After a New York judge issued a nationwide injunction in the fall, Solicitor General Noel Francisco appealed the ruling to the Supreme Court. Francisco asked the justices to allow the rule to take effect while its legality is reviewed in court.
The Supreme Court ruled along ideological lines. Justices Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas both criticized the trend of nationwide injunctions being issued by federal judges at the district court level.
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So. This was not a SCOTUS ruling on the issue, it was a ruling to stay an injunction placed by lower courts as they heard challenges. SCOTUS decided to stay the injunction for procedural reasons.
Stay tuned, this isn't done yet. Just going to make life a lot worse for a lot of people, which I would imagine would sway public opinion a bit, which is pretty necessary for the election because if this passes, you need similar executive action to get rid of it.