A user-friendly analysis of Rao's Flynn opinion
Andrea Widburg has an outstanding, detailed, yet reader friendly explanation of Judge Rao's opinion yesterday, granting Flynn's petition for a writ of mandamus--ordering Sullivan to dismiss the case against Flynn:
A user-friendly analysis explaining why Flynn’s case got dismissed
Because the article is so detailed it's impossible to summarize it fairly. Rest assured, however, it's very accessible. One aspect that Widburg concentrates on is Rao's "brutal takedown of Wilkins' silly reasoning" in his dissent. It takes seven points to plumb the silliness of the dissent.
Widburg considers an en banc review of the decision unlikely, due to the very detailed and tightly reasoned nature of Rao's opinion.