Expedition strategy

From Rick Hassen's Election Law Blog:

Plaintiffs Move to Expedite WRTL Case in the Supreme Court
You can find the motion here. Lyle Denniston's SCOTUSBlog analysis is here and my earlier analysis of the district court opinion is here. As I have noted, I think the chances of the Supreme Court noting probable jurisdiction and hearing this case on the merits are high, and expediting makes sense, especially given this term's light docket and room on the March and April oral argument calendars. But the schedule proposed by Jim Bopp would be very tough for even lawyers well versed in the case. He wants the probable jurisdiction statement done in 10 days.

I suspect Jim Bopp's strategy is to push this through as quickly as possible in order to (a) keep the government attorneys off their game and (b) to get resolution on this particular applied challenge as soon as possible before the '08 election cycle begins in earnest. The FEC would probably have to consider some regulatory reaction if the Supreme Court upholds the DC Circuit Court of Appeals opinion, and those regs would need to be promulgated in time for the blackout dates during the primaries in early 2008. Tick tock, tick tock...