One thing that really bothers me about this kind of thing on the procedural side (setting substance aside) is that the Court treats a new state law as the “status quo” in considering the equities for a stay. That never sat right with me. It seems that a change in state law would make the law as it stood the “status quo” and the government shouldn’t get the benefit of having something new be treated like someone challenging it is upsetting the apple cart.