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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDammit! It's being reported that 2 to 1 decision by Ct. Of Appeals is ordering Judge Sullivan to
dismiss the Flynn case!
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Dammit! It's being reported that 2 to 1 decision by Ct. Of Appeals is ordering Judge Sullivan to (Original Post)
Solomon
Jun 2020
OP
Tommy_Carcetti
(44,446 posts)1. We know. Sit down.
House of Roberts
(6,437 posts)2. En banc hearing soon to follow?
I don't think this ends short of the SCOTUS.
agingdem
(8,788 posts)3. I may be the only one
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but I'm not going to lose sleep over this one...I'm tired of everything Trump...I just want him gone...
shanti
(21,788 posts)4. Does this decision set precedent?
Because they WILL use it again and again.
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)5. All he needs to do is call for an en banc review.
Link to tweet
Just finished the Flynn decision.
It is an excrescence, as the dissent points out. It guts one of the most important safeguards of our democracy: an independent judiciary.
Sullivan should seek en banc review. He will win if he does--the opinion is that weak.
blaze
(8,210 posts)7. Thank you!
<taking a deep breath>
Solomon
(12,640 posts)9. Thank you!
I hope Judge Sullivan asks for the review!
tishaLA
(14,753 posts)12. And by the time the decision happens, we are in 2021
UCmeNdc
(9,654 posts)6. What was their reasoning?
Can this decision be appealed?
TripleKatPad
(315 posts)8. No despair here. In fact...
Solomon
(12,640 posts)10. Good point.
ooky
(10,811 posts)11. He'll have his pardon by then.
The election will be in the rear view mirror.
Cicada
(4,533 posts)13. Trump would have pardoned him anyway
