On that measure, among others, it’s hard to credit as legally justified Monday’s appellate court ruling against former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a writ of mandamus issued by a court panel on behalf of Mr. Flynn. Mr. Flynn sought the writ after Judge Sullivan refused to grant the motion to dismiss,The en banc appeal of a writ is all but unheard of, but then the D.C. This also let the court claim the Flynn case was different from D.C. A former judge whom Judge Sullivan hired for advice on the motion to dismiss had written an anti-Flynn op-ed.

Source: Wall Street Journal August 31, 2020 23:26 UTC