I believed that after listening to the media and commentators, including the so called conservative ones. They told us that the panel would rule in Judge Sullivan's favor. Than I read the transcript of the hearing. They were wrong, wrong, wrong.
On the FR Republic thread on the transcript, I predicted that the panel would grant the writ of mandamus and direct Judge Sullivan to dismiss the case. I reached this conclusion by reading the transcript which was very different than the accounts of the hearing. Judge Henderson did praise Judge Sullivan, but see never praised the brief that his counsel filed, and she never indicated that she agreed with their version of the law or of the facts. A clear attempt to give a head fake to the public and continue the Left's narrative.
I did get wrong on the timing of the release of the decision. I did not take into account the Supreme Court's schedule for releasing opinios. They released an opinion on Tuesday, and are expected to release additional decisions on Thursday. No opinions for today. Perhaps the Circuit Court was showing deference by taking care to avoid stepping on a Supreme Court opinion.
Yes, I was surprised to hear from conservatives stating that the appeal was going to go against Flynn as well. Shows you have to be wary of anyone you are listening to.