You’ll lose that wager, how much do you want to put up?
Asking for oral argument demonstrates a number of things. They are nervous about the political implications, they are respectful of Sullivan’s lawyer, and they are not eager to grant mandamus against the judge.
My prediction is they will allow Sullivan to do something, but not all that he planned to do.
The quick oral argument indicates they don’t want to hold onto the case for very long. They want to quickly send it back to Sullivan.
They will probably stop his use of Gleeson, but allow Sullivan to develop more facts before ruling.
I think your right, this is just more delay, delay, delay, trying to stretch this out until election time. The deep state has to keep Gen. Flynn from exposing what he knows.
You do realize that the DOJ ie the prosecution is now defending the defendant. They are refusing to prosecute the case. At present there is no case for Sullivan to adjudicate. He is so entirely off the rez that the DC circuit court is likely looking to quickly wrap this up and move on.