- Federal district court enjoins SB8 enforcement.
- Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals vacates district court’s order.
- U.S. Supreme Court declines to reinstate injunction, remands to Fifth Circuit for further consideration on narrow question whether certain state officials can be enjoined.
- Fifth Circuit punts certified question to Supreme Court of Texas.
- Supreme Court of Texas sua sponte ignores the certified question, annoints itself with original jurisdiction, issues stay on matters that are in no way actually before it, and orders briefing on whether vigilante standing is a thing.
Item no. 5 is not the way things work,