The U.S. Supreme Court considered whether or not to hear Green Party of Connecticut v Lenge, 10-795, on March 25. However, when the orders list from the March 25 conference was released on March 28, the Court had neither accepted the case, nor denied it.
So what does this mean?
They will think about it some more. They may wait until they release the decision in the Arizona public funding case. That might be May but is more likely in June.
I guess its bad news 🙁
No, it’s good news. It is very common for the US Supreme Court to hold up a decision on whether to take a case, if a very similar case has just been argued. The Court is thinking, let’s wait until we decide the first case, and then see how things stand. If they weren’t aware of the interplay of the two cases, they would have just rejected the Connecticut case already.
Here is some interesting information I found on Scotusblog that appeared recently.
Here is the URL: http://www.scotusblog.com/2011/03/petitions-to-watch-conference-of-03-25-11/
Notice that Christa Culver mentions on the blog that “Tom has determined (that these petitions) have a reasonable chance of being granted”(there are 11 listed at the above URL). The Green Party vs Lenge petition is mentioned as the 2nd one on this list. I think this is further evidence that something is fermenting with this writ of certiorari. The jury is still out on whether it will be wine or vinegar. I am betting on excellent wine.