One possible explanation is that waiting for the government's brief might have required the court to defer consideration of the case for several months, meaning that a grant of review would have come too late for the case to be scheduled for argument during the current term.
The motion of petitioner to defer consideration of the petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
The motion of petitioners to defer consideration of the petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
At the same time, though, the committee announced that it had agreed to a request from the Justice Department "to defer consideration of this matter" for the time being.
In the opinion of some Democratic leaders, it will prob ably appropriate the funds al ready authorized for Israel but defer consideration of the rest until next year.
The Supreme Court could also sidestep or defer consideration of the case.
Since our publication schedule is set by contract, we generally will defer consideration of late submissions to a subsequent issue.
"We now have, in effect, an acceptance of deferring consideration of a Supreme Court nominee simply for political purposes, and that politicized and degraded the United States Supreme Court as an institution," said Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.).
"The committee has, therefore, agreed to defer considerations until October when the licence is due for renewal.
If the standards are higher for early-decision applicants, and the school usually rejects these applicants instead of deferring consideration, you may want to wait.
Harlow MP Robert Halfon, who had supported the campaign, said because Essex County Council was not willing to agree to the principle of switching the lights back on, it was better to defer further consideration for a year.
