The judicial branch looks out for its own. Lots of defense of Sullivan.
DC Circuit can just sit on the issue too, there is nothing compelling them to issue an opinion this year. Nothing in the District Court has been stayed.
The courts are highly political, everybody knows it. It’s no more ctredible to claim “courts are objective” than it is to say the press is.
They can sit on it for another year????????
I hear Rao and Henderson. 3rd judge says little.
That is not correct. Until there is a decision from the Court of Appeals on a Petition for a Writ of Mandamus, Sullivan has no authority to take any action. Even if the COA rules against Flynn, there would be a request to have the entire Circuit Court to hear the case, which would most certainly be granted. If Flynn were to lose that, it's on to the Supreme Court.
Don't be discouraged. The pleadings in the case matter far more than the oral arguments. The Obama Judge tried every dishonest way to find a way to deny the Petition for a writ of Mandamus.
Powell and the DOJ attorney had two different jobs, and they probably discussed who would argue the different issues. They both did so well, the posturing of the Obama judge may not make a difference. The COA has to address the facts and the law, so actually ruling against Flynn is going to be very hard to do and maintain any sense of respect for the law.
Good thing if Flynn loses in the COA, the campaign issue of the courts and the appointment of Constitutional abiding judges will be even more urgent than 2016.
Flynn is not going to prison and Trump is going to win in a landslide.