Yes, but the result will be resounding, nevertheless. The Scopes trial was appealed, but no one remembers the outcome. The appeal didn't "make any law" that mattered. It was the publicity of the trial itself that people remember.
Christmas present? Not sure of the timing, but that could be about right.
[I am having withdrawal symptoms from several active threads each day. Work is not nearly as exciting! Going to do the other side's closing tomorrow?]