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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAppeals court temporarily blocks Capitol riot committee from viewing Trump White House documents
The court also granted a request for an expedited briefing schedule and will hear oral arguments on 30 November
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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/capitol-riot-committee-trump-documents-b1956219.html
malaise
(269,054 posts)mcar
(42,334 posts)from what I read from legal experts on Twitter.
shelshaw
(533 posts)It seems like it will never end. You or I would already be dispensed with by now.
leftieNanner
(15,124 posts)Just, Damn.
LenaBaby61
(6,974 posts)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
(7,715 posts)LenaBaby61
(6,974 posts)onenote
(42,714 posts)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
(92,219 posts)allow that law to take effect before a ruling
Karma13612
(4,552 posts)renate
(13,776 posts)I'd think it all looks pretty Nixonian even to the most casual observer.
Crunchy Frog
(26,587 posts)At this rate they should run out the clock pretty easily. At least that's my best guess right now.
Just_Vote_Dem
(2,808 posts)Isn't it fun watching democracy getting flushed down the toilet?
Crunchy Frog
(26,587 posts)LenaBaby61
(6,974 posts)Mordred
(154 posts)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
(22,100 posts)Go figure.
Still, I thought Congress could legally get about any info they want.
LenaBaby61
(6,974 posts)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
(15,823 posts)Your friend is correct.
Bayard
(22,100 posts)"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
(7,715 posts)Millett, Wilkins, and Jackson: https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/home.nsf/Content/Judges
Trueblue1968
(17,228 posts)would the court EXPLODE in anger??? ha ha ha ha ha
LenaBaby61
(6,974 posts)SoCalNative
(4,613 posts)if I were the archivist I would release them and say screw the court. It would be worth losing my job over.
Trueblue1968
(17,228 posts)onenote
(42,714 posts)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
(9,998 posts)agingdem
(7,850 posts)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
(45,003 posts)Don't they realize Trump is USING them?
Fullduplexxx
(7,864 posts)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
(3,213 posts)Why does Trump get to delay everything in courts like no one else ever has?
onenote
(42,714 posts)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
(21,360 posts)No one will honor a subpoena now until after the SC rules. No one of significance.
onenote
(42,714 posts)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.