With the US Supreme Court agreeing today to decide

[Tomconroy]

The issue of whether or not the Jan insurrectionists violated the obstruction of an official proceeding statute, Trumps March Court date is likely to be postponed. Two of trumps charges involve that statute.
No trial court would go forward with a case when central issues are before the Supreme Court.
The trial date will be saved only if the Supreme Court rules on an expedited basis.

Link to tweet

[rso]

1. SCOTUS

This is very bad news. Even if SCOTUS decides to agree with the Appeals Court, and that’s an “if”, the 1/6 trial will be inevitably delayed unless they rule on an expedited basis.

[UTUSN]

2. K&R for, More here:

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https://news.yahoo.com/supreme-court-hear-case-could-143456759.html

Supreme Court will hear a case that could undo Capitol riot charge against hundreds, including Trump

…. The obstruction charge, which carries up to 20 years behind bars, has been brought against more than 300 defendants and is among the most widely used felony charges brought in the massive federal prosecution following the deadly insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, when a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol in a bid to keep Biden, a Democrat, from taking the White House.

At least 152 people have been convicted at trial or pleaded guilty to obstructing an official proceeding, and at least 108 of them have been sentenced, according to an Associated Press review of court records. ….

U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols found that prosecutors stretched the law beyond its scope to inappropriately apply it in these cases. Nichols ruled that a defendant must have taken “some action with respect to a document, record or other object” to obstruct an official proceeding under the law.

The Justice Department challenged that ruling, and the appeals court in Washington agreed with prosecutors in April that Nichols’ interpretation of the law was too limited. ….

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[Tomconroy]

3. The appellant has some of the best criminal defense

Lawyers in the country: the DC Federal Public Defenders office. Not the usual Jan 6 shysters.

[UTUSN]

4. Just seems to me that SCofUS is planting a big mine to blow up everything for Drumpf

[Hekate]

5. KnR

[ecstatic]

6. If the federal trials don't begin and conclude before election day, it will be 100% confirmed

that this is a banana republic / shithole country. There's no way around it.