Assuming Wiener (sr status) participates, it will be an 18-member court — with 2 GOP appointees on the panel who already voted to partially uphold the district court's injunction, plus 5 Dem appointees on the court. I'm watching Richman, Haynes, and Willett here. Maybe Wilson?
UPDATE: Jonathan Mitchell and Kyle Duncan get another go at the First Amendment, as the Fifth Circuit this evening announced — after business hours going into the holiday weekend — that they're taking the Llano County library books litigation en banc. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
