🧵 A few thoughts before people freak out too much about SCOTUS refusing to fast-track a ruling on Trump's immunity claim:
Fast-tracking is VERY VERY VERY unusual. This ruling is NORMAL. It's EXPECTED (albeit disappointing). SCOTUS likes having a lower court decision to respond to.
One very possible outcome is for DC Circuit to rule against Trump in early Jan., deny rehearing en banc 14 days later (FRAP 40), & allow trial to proceed even as Trump moves to SCOTUS.
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