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StarfishSaver

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33. Not necessarily

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #23)

Wed Nov 13, 2019, 11:29 PM

Nov 2019

Leaving the lower court case to stand
doesn't settle the case but simply makes the holding binding only on courts in that circuit. Other circuits could still rule for Trump on the same issue.

The Court would actually save time by ruling on the immunity claim, which would make the decision binding on every federal court in the country, not just the DC Circuit, which would settle the issue once and for all.

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