Appeals court temporarily blocks Capitol riot committee from viewing Trump White House documents

[shelshaw]

The court also granted a request for an expedited briefing schedule and will hear oral arguments on 30 November….

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/capitol-riot-committee-trump-documents-b1956219.html

[malaise]

1. WTF is this? n/t

[mcar]

4. Not unexpected

from what I read from legal experts on Twitter.

[shelshaw]

6. I know......

It seems like it will never end. You or I would already be dispensed with by now.

[leftieNanner]

2. DAMN

Just, Damn.

[LenaBaby61]

12. My friend told me that ALL of those DC judges ....

Were either appointed by Pres. Biden or Pres. Obama.

I HOPE she's wrong, but if she isn't wrong:

WHAT IN HELL IS GOING ON HERE?

WHY did they throw fatso a bone here?

[MerryHolidays]

19. They were. See post below

[LenaBaby61]

33. 🙄

[onenote]

29. The Committee didn't oppose the request.

Its complicated, but this was a motion for an administrative injunction, which is intended to preserve a court's jurisdiction (which would've been mooted without the court getting an opportunity to consider anything without this delay). It doesn't determine whether Trump will get a stay pending his appeal, for which the bar is much higher.

[JohnSJ]

3. no problem blocking this, but definitely don't wait for a ruling on the Texas abortion case,

allow that law to take effect before a ruling

[Karma13612]

25. My thoughts EXACTLY. .... NT

[renate]

5. I wonder how this looks to people who don't pay as much attention to politics as we do

I'd think it all looks pretty Nixonian even to the most casual observer.

[Crunchy Frog]

7. Only another 20 days.

At this rate they should run out the clock pretty easily. At least that's my best guess right now.

[Just_Vote_Dem]

9. It's worked for him so far

Isn't it fun watching democracy getting flushed down the toilet?

[Crunchy Frog]

11. In slow motion. Yes.

[LenaBaby61]

13. THIS 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻

[Mordred]

8. Expected but...

means this may not get settled until Jan 2022 by the Supreme Court. All those defying the committee are emboldened to continue to use this decision as an excuse not to cooperate until at least then.

Meanwhile the clock ticks towards the mid-terms and the sudden end of this committee and it's investigation.

[Bayard]

10. 2 of the 3 judges were nominated by TFG

Go figure.

Still, I thought Congress could legally get about any info they want.

[LenaBaby61]

14. "2 of the 3 judges were nominated by TFG."

Thank goodness. My friend told me that those judges in the DC circuit were appointed by either Biden or Obama. Let me go tell her she was wrong.

As someone upthread said, tRump's trying to run the clock out.

[jimfields33]

23. Stop. Seems all three were appointed by Presidents Obama and Biden.

Your friend is correct.

[Bayard]

34. Sorry--I misread

"The panel, consisting of Circuit Judges Patricia A Millett and Robert L Wilkins — both of whom were nominated for the court by former president Barack Obama — and an appointee of President Joe Biden Biden, Circuit Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson "

[MerryHolidays]

18. All three judges were appointed by Obama or Biden

https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/orders.nsf/7609DFB0EAACA3B98525878A0073CBBD/$file/21-5254LDSN.pdf

Millett, Wilkins, and Jackson: https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/home.nsf/Content/Judges

[Trueblue1968]

15. RELEASE THE RECORDS ANYWAY !!!!!!! What is the court gonna do if the papers are leaked

would the court EXPLODE in anger??? ha ha ha ha ha

[LenaBaby61]

17. THIS 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻

[SoCalNative]

20. I was just about to say

if I were the archivist I would release them and say screw the court. It would be worth losing my job over.

[Trueblue1968]

28. you are soooooooooooooooooooooooo right on !!!! DO THE WORLD A SERVICE, RELEASE THE TRUTH

[onenote]

30. The Archivist isn't going to violate the law.

He is barred from releasing the documents by the order.

We're only talking about 70 documents. The bigger cache of material isn't due to be released until November 26.

[SoCalDavidS]

16. LOL!!

[agingdem]

21. let's look at this another way...

yes, we want the documents but I'm betting the 1/6 committee has plenty of evidence right now..they've conducted over 150 interviews with Trump staffers and I know they're singing..the delay is unnerving but the 1/6 committee is not stopping because of this...

[C_U_L8R]

22. Monday. What's wrong with Monday?

Don't they realize Trump is USING them?

[Fullduplexxx]

24. Of course they did.... gotta let trump get his way

Such bullsht he has no authority ... fkg little baby ... other that kissing his ass what possible reason could there be for delaying this
Presidents arent kings and trump isnt president however let's give him what he wants

[Marius25]

26. They're all Dem appointees too.

Why does Trump get to delay everything in courts like no one else ever has?

[onenote]

31. This is not an unexpected ruling under the circumstances.

Courts can and do often grant temporary administrative stays so that they have an opportunity to hear a case on the merits before it becomes moot. The District Court essentially invited Trump to ask for this and the Committee didn't oppose it.

[gab13by13]

27. So does the SC hear cases over Christmas?

No one will honor a subpoena now until after the SC rules. No one of significance.

[onenote]

32. They weren't honoring them anyway.

and they weren't going to honor them until the case reached SCOTUS.

This is a pretty fast schedule for the DC Circuit. What SCOTUS does has always been a wild card.