Speaking of scumbags, isn’t it about time for the judge to make a decision on the Flynn case? He can’t keep it up in the air forever.
We have to come up with a more genteel way to call the scumbag a scumbag. Maybe start referring to him as “The Disgraced Former President Barack Obama”? All it would take is the first news person to utter it and the wailing would confirm the truth.
He did, he got his en-band hearing!
Disposition of the case is on hold by order of the DC Circuit Court.
The DC Circuit has been asked to rehear the case, this time with the whole court (11 members) because the trial judge, Sullivan, disagrees with the outcome.
The DC Circuit hasn't yet expressed whether or not it will rehear the case.
Flip a coin which way it goes. The explanation will be some rule of law gibberish, but the real reason is rarely stated.
There is no deadline for deciding. Right now the DC circuit has had the "should we hear this en banc" question in its hands since July 9, and 10 days ago it received all the legal arguments it asked for.
If it rejects the petition for rehearing, case disposition should be immediate, which in judge-action-land means "when I get around to it," I give it a week. If they decide to rehear the case, at least a month, and easily half a year if they want to drag feet.
The courts are dirty as sin.