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[–]MarkTwainiac 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

SCOTUS refuses to hear lots of cases that make it up the chain to them, for all sorts of reasons.

Failure to hear an appeal isn't the same as SCOTUS making a judgment on the issues in the case.

[–]Finnegan7921 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The person in question already graduated, and the rule was crafted specially for them, so the case is now moot.

[–]Constantinople 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Tbh I'm pretty annoyed it was rejected without comment. I don't think thst would happen in Australia. As far as I know, reasons are always given as to why the ability to appeal is rejected.

The other part of me thinks reasons were t given becsuse it's such a clear area of state law that no federal court should rule on.

Still, the rejection of the right to appeal doesn't create precedent as law for s ye ate jurisdictions