Quote Originally Posted by RandBlade View Post
I'm not American and even I know that's a complete misreading of the situation. It is absolutely standard practice for in the absence of higher rulings that appellate courts make decisions. It only becomes "definitively ruled upon" once SCOTUS rules but until then the appellate courts are not only free to make their own rulings, it is their job. Very rarely have SCOTUS ruled before appellate courts have, SCOTUS would be jumping the gun if it went before the appellate courts.
Not only that, but since those courts seem to be in perfect unison so far, it is becoming questionable if the Supreme Court needs to be involved at all.

Dread might consider that if the vast majority of judges come to the conclusion that those bans don't stand up to scrutiny that most likely those bans never were constitutional to begin with. And no matter how much you twist and turn; what's not constitutional in the US was a decision neither politicians nor a majority of the voters were entitled to take legitimately.

The American people ratified a Constitution that gives everyone a fair deal, nothing more and nothing less.