Interesting only in the sense that it will be a test of whether the court system has any respect left for the Constitution, and by extension, rule of law. As y

Interesting only in the sense that it will be a test of whether the court system has any respect left for the Constitution, and by extension, rule of law. As you have pointed out, there simply isn't a reasonable argument that his arrest wasn't an outright violation of 1A, with a fairly obvious intention to intimidate the free press.