1. In advance of the Wednesday's oral argument over Trump Mazars subpoena, I checked the 2nd Cir docket and found Vance's office's letter to the court about what may come next. Vance is giving Trump a stay to let the 2nd Cir rule plus 10 days. For that he got an expedited 
2. schedule to tee up the certiorari petition. With only ten days of stay Trump will have to rush his petition. He'll likely seek another stay but they will be up against the clock.
The briefing will be over ten calendar days after Trump files his petition and by then the
The briefing will be over ten calendar days after Trump files his petition and by then the
3. ten day stay will be expired. So when SCOTUS considers Trump's stay the certiorari may be mostly briefed. It will give SCOTUS a good record to address the stay and whether to even grant cert. I think Trump's case is so bad Vance is betting they deny cert in short order.
