@Teri_Kanefield something I ponder as I read this Just Security article: If DC denies this and SCOTUS either denies cert or rejects after arguments, I assume that would then foreclose the ability of future despots to try such things? https://www.justsecurity.org/91074/mandate-matters-how-the-dc-circuit-could-limit-trumps-run-out-the-clock-strategy/
Mandate Matters: How the DC Circuit Could Limit Trump’s Run-Out-the-Clock Strategy

The DC Circuit has every reason to put the burden on former President Trump by issuing a quick mandate.

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