Interesting. I know that SCOTUS has authority to pick and choose which cases to hear, but how would a case that can only be heard by SCOTUS and no lower courts be handled? Just ignored outright? Are SCOTUS' reasons for not hearing the case more strict for a case like this or is it like any other case? And what are those reasons, exactly? I thought it was just "none of the justices are interested in taking the case."
Interesting. I know that SCOTUS has authority to pick and choose which cases to hear, but how would a case that can only be heard by SCOTUS and no lower courts be handled? Just ignored outright? Are SCOTUS' reasons for not hearing the case more strict for a case like this or is it like any other case? And what are those reasons, exactly? I thought it was just "none of the justices are interested in taking the case."