If the justices decide so much as to take up the case, it would take months for them to hear oral arguments and they would then be expected to issue a ruling before June. If the Supreme Court strikes down the DOJ's application of the federal law, such a decision is expected to upend hundreds of cases.

Former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani told Newsweek the relisting of the petitions bodes well for Trump.

"If the the Supreme Court reverses the rioters' convictions, the logic would also apply to Trump, so he would be chipping away at some of Smith's charges," Rahmani said.

In the federal election interference case, Trump was charged with one charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States, one charge of conspiracy to deprive citizens of the right to vote and have one's vote counted, and two charges of obstruction of an official proceeding. He pleaded not guilty to all four felony charges.

If the justices decide so much as to take up the case, it would take months for them to hear oral arguments and they would then be expected to issue a ruling before June. If the Supreme Court strikes down the DOJ's application of the federal law, such a decision is expected to upend hundreds of cases.