US judge temporarily blocks review of material seized from Washington Post reporter

[Igel]

5. There are competing requirements.

You can summarize one of them as "justice delayed is justice denied." To the victim.

But you can also summarize another as "justice hurried is justice buried."

The judges have other cases on their plate and often it takes a while to track everything down and give everybody due process. Because everybody that is entitled to it should receive it, without the judges being respecters of people--judge the poor and the wealthy by the same standards is the ideal--might be impossible to attain, but it's still something to strive for.