👀Via Lisa Rubin:
In other words, if there are 5 justices ready to deny #Trump a stay, they can decide his motion w/o waiting for the dissenters to finish their work, esp if any are dragging their feet.
Steve Vladeck:
#SCOTUS *can* rule on an application even if a dissenting opinion isn’t ready yet.
Here’s a 2019 case in which Justice Alito filed a dissent six weeks *after* the full Court voted to stay a Texas execution:
https://supremecourt.gov/opinions/18pdf/18a985_1a72.pdf
It’s rare, but it’s not unheard of. #legal