As a preliminary note, you should be reading Amy Howe's Howe on The Court blog regularly, if you are interested in the workings of the US's highest court.
She's done a much better job than I would of summarizing where we are, on this case -- so I'll link hers, and quote the concluding paragraph -- but do go read it all:
. . . .The district court granted the committee’s request to have access to the parts of the report redacted under grand jury secrecy rules, as well as the related grand jury materials, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld that order. The government went to the Supreme Court in May, asking the justices to block the release of the grand jury materials until it could file its petition for review of the D.C. Circuit’s decision; otherwise, the government contended, it would have to hand the materials over, lifting the veil of secrecy and potentially rendering any future proceedings in the dispute meaningless. On May 20, the justices put the disclosure of the materials on hold, and today they agreed to weigh in. But unless the justices fast-track the oral argument (and there was no indication today that they intend to do so), they are not likely to hear the case until December, after Election Day, with a ruling to follow sometime next year. . . .
The Supremes will next issue slip opinions on Monday morning at 10 AM EDT (we are awaiting at least nine more opinions, including ones on Trump's financial records) -- though they were 45 minutes late in releasing today's orders list (from which the above was derived). Strange times, indeed -- Friday is a Court holiday -- and it may mean that the Monday opinions will be late, as well.
Could it be as simple as a systems latency issue -- in the outdated federal server network? I doubt it, but we shall see. . . Dunno -- onward, grinning!
[The updated masthead inset image below is a shot taken yesterday, on Chicago's historic Gold Coast, of the facade of one of the oldest, wealthiest non-Catholic churches (since 1871). . . quite Godly; not at all a symbol of hate, Mr. Trump. As I say. . . onward, with Ms. Maxwell now in federal custody in the SDNY -- the sexual predator in Trump should be absolutely. . . apoplectic. Many of those skeptical of Bill Barr fear. . . she will be suicided. Yikes.]
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