The Daily Fuckup

The Georgia Court of Appeals had set oral argument for Dec. 5, 2024, in the appeal over whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis could stay on the election case. But that hearing never happened. On Nov. 18, the court issued an order canceling the argument until further notice. ([democracydocket.com](https://www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2024-11-18-Order-cancelling-oral-argument-WM.pdf))

That left the appeal in place, but not the calendar item. The underlying Georgia racketeering case involving Donald Trump and co-defendants was still pending as the appeals court considered the disqualification fight, yet the specific courtroom date Trump’s allies had been watching was gone. The status on Dec. 5 was less a live hearing than a paused appellate dispute. ([democracydocket.com](https://www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2024-11-18-Order-cancelling-oral-argument-WM.pdf))

For Trumpworld, that meant no fresh argument to spin and no ruling to claim. The court had already taken the Dec. 5 session off the board weeks earlier, leaving the case in the same unresolved posture it had occupied since the appeal was filed. What mattered on Dec. 5 was not a hearing. It was the absence of one. ([democracydocket.com](https://www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2024-11-18-Order-cancelling-oral-argument-WM.pdf))