Okay, Trump appointed members of the US Appeals Court have ordered  federal district court Judge Emmet Sullivan to dismiss the case against Mike Flynn.

It was a surprise ruling and the dissenting judge on a 2 – 1 decision was not taking this stuff with a pleasant smile.

″ This appears  to  be  the  first  time  that  we  have  issued  a  writ  of  mandamus  to  compel  a  district  court  to  rule  in  a  particular  manner  on  a  motion  without  first  giving  the  lower  court  a  reasonable  opportunity  to  issue  its  own  ruling,” Wilkins wrote.

It also appears to be  “the  first  time  any  court  has  held  that  a  district  court  must  grant  “leave  of  court”  pursuant  to  Federal  Rule  of  Criminal  Procedure  48(a)  without even holding a hearing on the merits of the motion;

Oh yeah, let’s just make up law as we go along.  We can call it the Mike Flynn Exception.

I haven’t heard yet if Judge Sullivan is gonna take this without a fight.