Why couldn’t the full DC court of appeals and/or SCOTUS
by IAND75 (2024-02-06 16:58:02)

In reply to: The unknown: whether SCOTUS will move at a pace...  posted by Kbyrnes

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just decline to hear the case and allow the current ruling to stand? Is there really a serious constitutional question in doubt at this point?

If so, those rulings could come quickly and the trial would be back on schedule soon.

That would process, even if expedited in the court of
by domerfromkansas  (2024-02-06 22:05:33)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Cannot reply

Appeals, is likely to take months.

That does not appear to be the case.
by IAND75  (2024-02-06 23:30:39)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Cannot reply

From the linked article by George Conway in The Atlantic (which is worth reading in its entirety):

In its judgment accompanying its opinion, the appeals court took an additional important step in moving Trump’s case to trial. It essentially set a deadline of next Monday for Trump to seek relief from the Supreme Court. The court of appeals directed that, by February 12, if Trump does not ask the Supreme Court to halt proceedings in the district court, those proceedings should recommence immediately.

Which means that Trump’s lawyers have to take their case to the Supreme Court—by filing an application for a stay—by next Monday. And the Department of Justice will surely respond almost immediately.

What will the Supreme Court do? The strength of today’s opinion makes it far more likely that the Court will do … nothing. Any court—including the Supreme Court—would have a tough time writing a better opinion than the one the D.C. Circuit published today. The best course of action would be for the Supreme Court to deny a stay, and to deny review altogether, in a matter of days.

And that could mean a trial in United States v. Trump no later than early summer. That’s what a unanimous, airtight opinion can do.
They may well do exactly that *
by sprack  (2024-02-06 17:26:18)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Cannot reply