The Constitutional Court took an important step this week toward bringing amnesty closer to Carles Puigdemont with the admission of his appeal for constitutional protection. This initial approval came a month later than expected as a result of a move by the former Catalan president's defense team that caused confusion within the court: the Junts leader challenged three conservative judges, knowing that they would not succeed and that they would only delay his appeal for a few weeks. Now the cases of the leaders of the 1-O vote who are still disqualified or under indictment—Jordi Turull, Oriol Junqueras, Raül Romeva, Dolors Bassa, Carles Puigdemont, Toni Comín, and Lluís Puig—are in the hands of the Constitutional Court judges, who are expected to issue their rulings in a few months, but it will still take time. "It is realistic to think that the appeals will be resolved in the first quarter of next year," warn sources at the court.