Both my court guru Zen Master and Robert Barnes agree:
1) This appeal by Smith was desperation for one of three reasons: first, as Barnes says, he ain’t that bright. He’s lost a lot of cases and his work in the Trump case has been amateurish; second, he panicked because he thought he’d get a bad result from the Appellate court (Barnes says this again was stupid. The chance of him getting a better result was from the Appellate court, not the Supes), and last, he panicked because of the calendar.
Zen Master (who has almost NEVER been wrong in interpreting court calendars-—he was off on the excact confirmation date for Brett Kavanaugh only because the DemoKKKrats brought in Balless Edsel one week out) says the soonest the Supes will deal with this is June 2024. So regardless HOW they rule, that puts the court calendars out to July at the earliest, meaning nothing will happen before the election.
Once you’re in the election “season,” the likelihood increases that the Supes and appellate courts will see this as “election interference.”
Moreover, the strength of Trump’s appeal for immunity ironically is Obama. If they rule a pres out of office is criminally liable WITHOUT first impeachment & conviction (which is what the Constitution says) then ANY prosecutor can go after Obama or W or any other living pres for any reason (”war crimes,” or whatever). Neither Zen Master or Barnes thinks the Court would really entertain this, and if he gets immunity in one, he’s got immunity in all more or less. Barnes: “Immunity impacts every one of the cases.”
If what you say is true, and now that the other J-6 lawsuit has been put on hold pending the decision of the SCOTUS, does this mean that there will be no hearings going forward until roughly June to July 2024?
So, how can any court make a determination in the final stretch of the presidential campaign?
I sincerely hope your Zen Master is right, and I suggest that you post this prediction for everyone to see.
My own feeling is the SCOTUS will do just the opposite, and have their hearing quite soon, probably in March.