The article says that Thomas is bringing the matter before the entire Court rather than let it die. He could have left it alone, but didn't. He would like the Court to consider it.

That's one.

THEN the article warns us not to believe there is an automatic result to that. It points out said issues rarely result in positive action.

What it doesn't say clearly is that Thomas is pushing for the matter to be considered. And if he can get a majority to agree to consider it they can raise all kinds of hell. And probably NONE of the rejected applications had such high profile people or high stakes involved. And we know what happens when Scalia can intrude upon the democratic process.

Conservatives once again are trying to subvert the election process, believing a long shot is better than no shot.

Arf