You may recall that the Obama administration timely filed an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court from the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals panel’s 2-1 decision upholding the trial court’s imposition of a stay during the pendency of the trial of the Obama administration’s executive orders on immigration.
The appeal was filed just under the deadline to get the appeal heard by the U.S. Supreme Court this term, with a decision that would likely come in the last week of June, only weeks before the RNC National Convention begins on July 18 in Cleveland, Ohio.
The 26 “red states” that brought the legal challenge to the Obama administration’s executive orders on immigration do not want the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on the appeal this term in the middle of an election year. They would rather use the case for political propaganda purposes during the election.