History. 4 of 4 times the government asked a higher court to pause the new ruling. The count has no clock: it went to the Supreme Court 28, 31 and 72 days after the ruling, and the dates of earlier filings in appeals courts are not on open pages.
Hunch. On 9 October the justice department said only that it was studying the ruling, and the 90-day ban on removing voters limits what a pause would bring before the vote.
Resolves YES if by the end of 3 November 2026 the justice department asks a federal appeals court or the Supreme Court to pause the 9 October ruling, as shown on the court dockets. An appeal without a request to pause resolves NO, and Reuters and Al Jazeera are the backup.
We looked for cases where a federal judge blocked a US government policy after a higher court had already paused an earlier ruling by that same judge. We found four since 2017, two under Donald Trump and two under Joe Biden. Each time the government asked a higher court to pause the new ruling.