has an even number of justices affirm the lower court ruling. they don't establish a national precedent the way a supreme court opinion with five justices establishes a national precedent. but if this ruling, today's ruling, upholding the stay is appealed to the supreme court and the court splits 4-4, the stay will remain in effect. i don't want to complicate this. but remember, there are other challenges to the trump executive order in many other juicer dictions in the united states. so those cases are going to start building through the system. i think the supreme court will have to address this sooner rather than later. given the magazinitude of the ruling, the supreme court is going to get this case at some