What is the "en banc" hearing that Trump's lawyers might file to an appeals court?

[Botany]

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[Bmoboy]

1. All of the judges in the DC Federal Court

Today's ruling came from a 3 judge panel. "En banc" means all the judges in the district.

I think that is nine - the chief and 8 associates.

[Deuxcents]

2. So..more delays?

[Fiendish Thingy]

6. Only until Monday

That’s Trump’s deadline to appeal. Once he does, the en banc court can deny cert, then goes to SCOTUS, where they too can deny cert (they don’t want to touch this, which is why they refused Smith’s request for expedited review and sent it back to the lower court)

[Fullduplexxx]

8. Unless they grant cert and stay the ruling

[Fiendish Thingy]

10. I would say the odds are against cert being granted

SCOTUS doesn’t want to touch this case, which is why they denied Smith’s request for an expedited hearing and sent it back to the lower court.

I will be surprised if this SCOTUS, which has ruled against Trump in every case that has come before it, grants cert.

Note: they could extend the stay while they are deciding whether to grant cert, but that would likely only be a matter of a few weeks or perhaps a month at most.

[Happy Hoosier]

7. A little, but...

they'd need a majority of the court to accept the en banc request, which seems unlikely. The 3-judge panel was unanimous, which suggests the court isn;t seriously divided. There are exceptions of course, but I think they'll deny the en banc.

[getagrip_already]

3. Yup, and you need a majority of the court to accept

So 5 of the 9 would have to accept the case. Since 3 already voted no, trump would need 5 of the remaining 6 judges to agree to hear the case.

At most, he would buy until their next full panel meeting. Might be a week, might be a month. Depends on the court.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

4. All of the judges on the DC Circuit hears the appeal

The case is only stayed until Monday. The stay is only lifted if TFG appeals to the SCOTUS. An appeal for en banc hearing will not affect the fact that Judge Chutkan can proceed with this case starting one week from today

Link to tweet

[flying_wahini]

5. Don't you know tRump has a phone bank of people who plead or threaten all who get in his way?

His weasel troops are probably puncturing tires as we speak.

[Botany]

11. And those people in some cases are Russian or Russian cut outs

Russia and Putin are still conducting a war on America.

[Johnny2X2X]

9. SCOTUS isn't going to save him

They want nothing to do with this case. Allowing a president to commit crimes would basically nullify our Constitution. Trump is going to trial.

[tanyev]

12. Donny might be very upset to learn that even the ones he appointed

don’t need anything from him anymore—they’re there for life, if they so choose. May the ketchup run like a river at Mar-a-Lago.