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Cite as:  598 U. S. ____ (2023) 

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Statement of ALITO, J. 

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 

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No. 22A557 
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IVAN ANTONYUK, ET AL. v. STEVEN NIGRELLI, IN HIS 
OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS ACTING SUPERINTENDENT OF 
NEW YORK STATE POLICE, ET AL. 

ON APPLICATION TO VACATE STAY 

[January 11, 2023] 

The  application  to  vacate  stay  presented  to  JUSTICE 

SOTOMAYOR and by her referred to the Court is denied. 

Statement  of  JUSTICE  ALITO,  with  whom  JUSTICE 
THOMAS  joins,  respecting  the  denial  of  the  application  to 
vacate stay. 

The New York law at issue in this application presents
novel  and  serious  questions  under  both  the  First  and  the
Second Amendments.  The District Court found, in a thor-
ough opinion, that the applicants were likely to succeed on
a  number  of  their  claims,  and  it  issued  a  preliminary  in-
junction as to twelve provisions of the challenged law.  With 
one  exception,  the  Second  Circuit  issued  a  stay  of  the  in-
junction in full, and in doing so did not provide any expla-
nation for its ruling.  App. to Emergency Application 2.  In 
parallel cases presenting related issues, the Second Circuit 
has likewise issued unreasoned summary stay orders, but 
in those cases it has ordered expedited briefing.  See, e.g.,
Order in Hardaway v. Nigrelli, No. 22–2933 (CA2, Dec. 7, 
2022), ECF Doc. 53; Order in Christian v. Nigrelli, No. 22– 
2987 (CA2, Dec. 12, 2022), ECF Doc. 40.

I  understand  the  Court’s  denial  today  to  reflect  respect
for  the  Second  Circuit’s  procedures  in  managing  its  own 
docket,  rather  than  expressing  any  view  on  the  merits  of