(December 19, 2017, 12:47 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Supreme Court review of an interlocutory order would potentially waste judicial resources with a new trial scheduled for the spring, the United States tells the court in a Dec. 13 response to former New York Speaker Sheldon Silver’s petition for review (United States of America v. Sheldon Silver, No. 17-562, U.S. Sup.)....