What’s especially stunning about this ruling is that the D..C. Circuit had denied DOJ’s stay request while setting an expedited briefing schedule last night—which would’ve allowed the courts to fully consider and resolve the merits prisoners’ claims quickly. 5-4 Court says “nah.” https://twitter.com/scotusblog/status/1282927996979105793
Justice Sotomayor’s dissent is worth reading in full, as it gets to exactly what’s so jarring about this ruling:
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