Even if judges uphold the constitutionality of the law, federal officials will still need money to administer and enforce it.
In addition, Israel's relations with its closest allies, the United States and the European Union, have been bruised even if they continue to uphold the Jewish state's right to defend itself.
Now none of the steps he ordered in his remedy ruling may go into effect for a year or longer, even if they are upheld.
Legal experts said that even if the Supreme Court upheld the earlier ruling, it would not upend Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's landslide victory in those elections, because it would affect a limited number of electoral districts.
But attorneys warned the preliminary injunction does not protect Haitian TPS holders long term; the decision is being appealed by the government, and even if it is upheld, it only maintains the status quo while the case proceeds.
Many feared that, even if the court upheld the subsidies, it would do so by deferring to the IRS because the statute was ambiguous; such a ruling would have left open the option for a future Republican administration to wreck the federal exchanges.
Perhaps its share price would have fallen even if NASDAQ had upheld its end of the bargain.
Even if it were upheld, it would only correct the sentences of crack offenders within the four states that make up the circuit: Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee.
If the court wades into Gaza, some Western governments might refuse to pay for its budget or even to uphold some of its decisions.
But even if the Supreme Court upholds his victory, Mr. Kenyatta's court battles are far from over.
Even if the panel upholds the commission's finding, Leipold could still appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
