US Supreme Court rules that GPS Monitoring without a warrant is unconstitutional!

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Not really. As Min has already pointed out SCOTUS always has the choice whether to even hear an appeal. They often choose to let decisions of the lower courts stand.

I didn't say anything to contradict any of that. The case has to have merit to go to the Supreme Court. Fuck, a case has to have merit to be heard in any court past the filing.

You may not have meant it that way, but when you said

Well, yes, but when there is confusion or mishandling of it, it keeps going up. The wording has to be good enough for a local judge to make a call.

It sounded to me like you thought the lower courts could pass a case on to SCOTUS if they didn’t want it. That can’t happen. The lower courts will always render a decision on every case that appears before them. They don’t have the option not to. Since SCOTUS can choose to let any ruling of the lower courts stand cases often stop at the Appellate level even when nobody is happy with their decision.