“The district court and the Fifth Circuit have effectively countermanded this Court’s authoritative determination about the status quo that should prevail” while legal challenges cont, Solicitor General Elizabeth B. #Prelogar said in a filing. She added: “The Court should not tolerate that affront to basic principles” of #JudicialReview.

(& HIV prevention drugs saying it made "them complicit in facilitating homosexual behavior, drug use, & sexual activity outside of marriage between one man & one woman."

(Basically #ReedOConnor’s a total POS.)

His #GhostGuns ruling was largely upheld by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit (widely considered the most conservative appeals court).

The #Biden admin told #SCOTUS the lower courts had “flouted” its August order, & again asked the justices to intervene.

There were no noted dissents in the unsigned order, which was necessary because of contrary rulings from lower courts.

In August, #SCOTUS on a 5-4 vote allowed the #Biden admin’s regs to stay in effect. But after the order was issued, US District Judge Reed O’Connor of #Texas again stepped in to block the regulations as applied to 2 manufacturers who supply a large number of the #GhostGun kits sold nationwide.

“After every #MassShooting, we hear a very simple message ... do something,” Biden said in the WH Rose Garden. “My administration has been working tirelessly to do something,” he added, pointing to executive actions his admin had taken on #GhostGuns & #GunTrafficking, as well as the Bipartisan #SaferCommunitiesAct, landmark legislation that became #law in 2022.

The vote was 5 to 4, w/ #ChiefJustice #JohnRoberts & Justice #AmyConeyBarrett joining the court’s 3 liberal members — Justices Sonia #Sotomayor, Elena #Kagan & #KetanjiBrownJackson — to form a majority.

Justices #ClarenceThomas, Samuel #Alito, Neil #Gorsuch & Brett #Kavanaugh noted #dissents. Like the justices in the majority, they did not explain their reasoning.