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What's this,  mold?'s avatar

You are udderly ridiculous!

UncleTravelingMatt's avatar

No, District judges are not free to ignore the orders of Courts of Appeals.

TundraGrifter's avatar

"It's a nakedly partisan exercise in outcome-based decision making, which probably won't stand."

I certainly hope you are correct!

TundraGrifter's avatar

Milk it for all it's worth!

sarafina's avatar

So one of the DC Court has to ask for an en banc hearing, is that right?

JustDon'tSayHambriston's avatar

Cannot sue Twitter. The cow is is still in play, I think.

sarafina's avatar

Iirc, Flynn pleaded/admitted guilt TWICE!!!

cmd RadicalLIBRaphaelWarnock's avatar

So this would give whoever in on the other side of the DOJ in the mandamus case can ask for the en banc thing rather than waiting for the dc circuit to do it on their own?

chezmoi's avatar

This is a good overview of the situation:

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

cmd RadicalLIBRaphaelWarnock's avatar

You just have to be a textualist for the parts of the text you LIKE.

gammarae's avatar

Judge Gleeson's brief to Judge Sullivan hammered on the "with leave of court" clause, and quite rightly. Rae does not deserve the seat she has, and certainly not a SCOTUS seat

UncleTravelingMatt's avatar

Circuit Courts have the authority to issue mandamus to District Courts to prevent abuse of authority, according to Cheney v. US Dist. Court for DC.