A federal appeals court took less than a day to bat away an attempt from President Trump to block an attorney of his from participating in Jack Smith’s investigation.
“We’re gonna win so much, you may even get tired of winning. And you’ll say, ‘Please, please. It’s too much winning. We can’t take it anymore. Mr. President, it’s too much.’”
— Cadet Cockholster mit der Bone Spurs von Queens, April 12, 2016
IANAL, but seemingly every decision by every court can be appealed all the way to SCOTUS. Can this decision be appealed to SCOTUS? Are there courts between the DC circuit that ruled on this and SCOTUS that subsequent appeals would have to go through first? Could we still be weeks or months away from the judicial branch forcing Corcoran’s hand?
I think tRump has a right to ask for a full court decision and yes, he can try to take it to SCOTUS but they can outright refuse to get involved…and they should stay out of it imo.
So a federal judge found prima facie evidence of Trump’s criminality by way of invoking the crime/fraud exception for one of his attorneys. And a federal appeals court upheld that finding in a New York minute, which is a polite judicial way of saying “get that lame-assed shit outta my courtroom.” Not just “no you’re wrong on the law” but “there is enough reason to believe you’ve committed crimes that your claims of attorney-client privilege are void.”
They probably could but I don’t think they would if only because public opinion of them is at what? 17%? and would go down even lower? Do they care? Who the fuck knows anymore? I don’t. We’re a very sick country right now.