C.J. Srinivasan: "Are you aware of any situation in which a district court has been compelled under mandamus to grant or deny a motion before a district court itself has decided whether to grant or deny the motion?"
#Flynn's Lawyer: "No sir..."
👆🏾This is reason #1 why @KPNatsFan and I said in @GlobeOpinion that this case needed to be reheard en banc. (Arguments are live now.)
#Flynn's lawyer: "This court can always take a case en banc sua sponte."
(One point on which we agree with Flynn's counsel.)
Judge Griffith: "Is [Rule 48] ministerial or not, yes or no?"
#Flynn's Lawyer: "It's pretty ministerial."
Judge Griffith: "Ms. Powell, that's not helpful. It's not ministerial. You know it's not."
(He's right.)
Ha. Worse. I'm listening with a newborn and a toddler. I'll be lucky if I finish by the end of the week.
Slowest "livetweet" ever. (Also my first. Clearly, I didn't think this through.)
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