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Ray-SoCa's avatar

Perhaps:

5 people on SCOTUS would prefer not to rule in this, letting the lower court do their dirty work.

Or:

SCOTUS is hoping to consolidate multiple cases on Trumps executive power to fire people.

Trumps administration is teeing up executive authority cases, and I’m sure Roberts would prefer not to rule them. The danger for Roberts is if SCOTUS takes them up, and rules with a super high chance in Trumps favor, he would appear too pro Trump, in a company town dominated by bipartisan elite Trump hatred.

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Jeff Martineau's avatar

Roberts wants to keep the Court’s powder dry…let politics and the other courts do their jobs…this only gets to USSC if a decision goes against the Executive, or if a lower court cannot thread the needle on the distinctions between process, action and the different branches: just because Congress attempted to conflate powers by mixing Judicial with Executive in appointments and firings criteria, does not mean the Executive cannot take responsibility and thus action. Thomas likely wanted to take it to have court make a clear statement regarding executive actions.

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