down, if they win the midterm elections. i don t know if the supreme court will take up the appeal from trump at all. if they do take it up, i don t know what kind of pace they ll take it up on or be more t amenable to his delay, delay, delay strategy. i don t know what they will do, and neither do you. unless some of the justices are watching right now, in which case, hello, it s very nice to meet you, have you thought about retirement? seriously, you should think about it. retirement s nice. anyway. to the extent that it makes a difference to the supreme court how the lower courts have handled these matters, to the extent that the way these kindsn of cases actually get to the supreme court makes a difference to the justices when they decide whether they re going to take it up and how fast they re going to move. it is worth noting that the f court rulings against trump on this issue have been pretty scalding at two different levels now. the first time trump lost in court on this issue