Appeals court won't halt order for DOJ to hand over sealed Mueller documents

[Mike 03]

BY HARPER NEIDIG - 05/01/20 02:23 PM EDT
THE HILL

A federal appeals court said it wouldn't put a hold on its order for the Department of Justice (DOJ) to provide redacted grand jury materials from former special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation to Congress, but extended the deadline to allow the administration to appeal.

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals gave the Trump administration until May 11 to seek a stay from the Supreme Court, denying the DOJ's request for a longer stay. The order was set to go into effect on Friday.

The move essentially leaves it up to the Supreme Court to decide whether to halt the order to hand over the materials.

The Justice Department had told the court that it intends to petition the Supreme Court to hear the case after a D.C. Circuit panel ruled that the House Judiciary Committee was entitled to the sealed materials as part of its impeachment inquiry.

Story here: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/495685-appeals-court-wont-halt-order-for-doj-to-hand-over-sealed-mueller

[The Magistrate]

1. Time For Roberts To Put Up Or Shut Up, Sir

Kavanaugh, Gorsuch, Alito, and Thomas are lost to decency and rectitude. Roberts has to decide whether he wants to enter history as the Chief Justice who did more harm to the United States than even Taney, or uphold the rule of law against a traitor, and do what he can at this late date to save the Republic....

[lark]

3. Roberts is nothing but a right wing tool with better haircut and writing skills.

He's just as much a fascist enabler and constitution destroyer as all of the other 4 Russian Repug SCOTUS (in)justices. Don't read his articles, watch his votes which have never hurt went against the oligarchs. He's putting through anything drumpf wants as a priority hearing but stopping the appeal courts verdicts against drumpf and delaying hearing those as long as possible. He was included in RBG's dissent, she sees no difference between him and Alito or Thomas when it comes to politics.

[The Magistrate]

4. No Doubt In My Mind Of That At All, Ma'am

He does like how he looks in a mirror, though, and this is a make or break decision. Sometimes vanity prods a wretch towards virtue....

[lark]

6. I hope you are right, that's better for us all if true. n/t

[empedocles]

2. "The legal process' keeps grinding along - good.

[pecosbob]

5. "Well, Doctor, what have we got--a Republic or a Monarchy?"

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

7. Good