Court of Appeals issues emergency order blocking Congress from obtaining Mueller grand jury document

[Miles Archer]

Court of Appeals issues emergency order blocking Congress from obtaining Mueller grand jury documents

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/10/court-of-appeals-issues-emergency-order-blocking-congress-from-obtaining-mueller-grand-jury-documents/

Darren Samuelsohn
@dsamuelsohn
BREAKING: A three-judge panel of the DC Circuit Court of Appeals has issued an emergency stay blocking the release of the Mueller grand jury materials to the House Judiciary Committee - pending an appeal from DOJ.

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[onecaliberal]

1. Bye bye democracy.

[Blue_true]

9. That is standard in such a high profile case. It is doubtful the stay was granted on merits. nt

[triron]

13. Said that in the order.

[djg21]

22. Read the Order.

It explicitly says it is a temporary stay not decided on the merits, to preserve the status quo ante while the Court decides the merits. This is hardly unusual.

[backscatter712]

30. Yep. This is routine in these sorts of cases.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

15. Read the damn order. IT'S NOT A RULING ON THE MERITS.

[StarfishSaver]

17. This is SOP and fully expected

Try to breathe.

[onenote]

23. Really? Next time try waiting until people who understand these things weigh in.

The Court granting this stay was a given. And I won't be surprised if the court grants a stay throughout the appeals period. The order in US v. Nixon was stayed pending appeal, too.

[NCLefty]

32. I always figure if I haven't already seen a major headline, it's probably not as big as ppl claim :p

#newsjunkie

[C_U_L8R]

2. Seems pretty standard and expected

They’re just delaying the inevitable. Truth wins in the end.

[Leghorn21]

4. Okay, C, I'll take your word for it and I'll

calm down....arrgh

[maxsolomon]

7. Exactly. Everything gets appealed in Asshole's death-by-the-courts strategy.

At some point, the SCOTUS will decline to review and DOJ will have to fess up.

[bluestarone]

5. Doesn't sound like a final decision to me

We will see how it turns out.

[elleng]

8. It's NOT final, it's

'pending an appeal from DOJ.'

[bluestarone]

12. TY.

The saga continues.

[elleng]

6. pending an appeal from DOJ.

[budkin]

10. Always.

Always.

[unblock]

11. Standard procedure. No point to an appeal if the information is released.

It's a bit like saying the execution is stayed until the appeal can be heard. It wouldn't make sense to let an execution proceed on Thursday and hear the appeal on Friday.

It doesn't say anything about how the case is ultimately resolved.

[triron]

14. Guess so but it makes my stomach hurt.

[Control-Z]

24. That's a good explanation. Thanks! eom

[Laura PourMeADrink]

31. Yes! And no snark

[OliverQ]

16. The one good thing about this is the 3 judge panel

listed on this stay are all Obama appointees. Hopefully those are the 3 judges who will be hearing the case. 2 of the Judges on that court were appointed by Trump and one of them, Neomi Rao, already ruled in favor of Trump in another 3 judge case and her argument was stupid.

[StarfishSaver]

18. The Court has put this on a really fast track

[a kennedy]

19. WTFAWK???

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

29. It's. NOT. A. Decision. On. The. Merits. Read the fucking order.

Jeez...

[Maeve]

20. Thank you to all who help explain that this is expected and normal

Altho, gawd knows that "expected and normal" is becoming far too rare in these days

[bluestarone]

21. I second this!

[Control-Z]

25. I love the hat tip smilie.

And, I like your reply. Sooooo

[TomSlick]

26. Perfectly predictable and standard.

Without a stay of the order, the appeal would be meaningless.

I think the courts are on to this. I expect a relatively quick ruling.

[vsrazdem]

28. This is actually pretty fast tracked, which is a good sign.