[nradov]

The Supreme Court will deviate extraordinarily from its normal process and decide a matter in a very short time when national politics are at stake. For example see Bush v. Gore, 531 U.S. 98 (2000). The whole case took only a few weeks, and the court delivered its decision just one day after oral arguments.

[ceejayoz]

"We don't know who's about to be President in a month" is a fairly uniquely urgent scenario that doesn't apply here, though.

[jellicle]

Dahlia Lithwick described how the courts are intentionally making the political choice to slow-walk various Trump matters in order to enable his behavior:

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/01/courts-slow-trum...