Delays at Supreme Court Push Divisive Cases Into 2020

“In January the Supreme Court appeared poised to act on President Trump’s bid to end deportation protection for hundreds of thousands of young immigrants. Then the case disappeared,” Bloomberg reports.

“The case has become one of the many mysteries in a Supreme Court term that so far is defined less by the issues the justices have decided than by those they’ve deferred. The court has also put off taking action in cases involving abortion, same-sex wedding cakes and transgender bathroom access.”

“The delays have kept the court out of the some of the country’s most polarizing issues, at least during the nine-month term that ends in June. The court now faces the possibility of a massive 2019-20 term, issuing major decisions in the heat of the next presidential election campaign.”