Not That I'm Surprised

BREAKING: The appeals court has DENIED effort by Trump team to block Judge Howell's order turning over *documents* to special counsel Jack SMITH's team.

Details are under seal. pic.twitter.com/5yVn4irelA

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) March 22, 2023

But now the appealing parties have to get the Supreme Court to take an interlocutory appeal (or whatever it would be. What do I look like, an appellate law expert?) if they can, and get an administrative stay out of them.

It could happen.  But 773 words 30 minutes late, v. 6455 words 24 minutes early?  I just think the appealing parties are outgunned here.  And considering this is a grand jury proceeding, I don't think the Supremes want to get involved at all.  The appellate court had to; the Supremes (again, note the lack of expertise avowed here), have discretion.

I think the massive bulldozer of the GOP investigation plows on.

I suspect we're going to start seeing consideration of a constitutional question not yet widely considered. Can a sitting President be subject to criminal indictment if his trial was already underway when he was elected President?

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) March 22, 2023

Eh. Dismissed for mootness. Although consideration might affect electoral outcome.