Supreme Court Denies Stay in Clarett Case

WASHINGTON – Maurice Clarett’s bid to enter the NFL draft this weekend was turned down by the Supreme Court on Thursday, delaying for now his attempt to get into the league.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said she saw no reason to overturn a lower court’s stay preventing the former Ohio State running back from being picked…

Clarett could refile his request with another justice, but the outcome likely would not be different. Most emergency appeals are rejected by the court.

[Gus’s note: Clarett did, in fact, file another emergency appeal, this time to Justice John Paul Stevens. If Ginsburg didn’t lift the stay, though, I seriously doubt Stevens — or any other justice — would do so. Too bad, kid; given that by the time this gets heard and ruled on by the various courts it’ll be next year, probably would’ve been a better idea to save all that money and play another year in college, huh?]