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Supreme Court Will Not Immediately Hear Presidential Immunity Case Despite Jack Smith’s Plea for Speed
Breitbart ^ | Dec 22, 2023 | Hannah Bleau Knudsen

Posted on 12/22/2023 1:38:19 PM PST by libstripper

The Supreme Court of the United States will not immediately hear former President Donald Trump’s case for presidential immunity, siding with Trump, who argued the court should reject Special Counsel Jack Smith’s request for a speedy review and decision.

The high court on Friday declined Smith’s request for a quick review, meaning that the case will go through the normal process in the appeals court and likely make its way to the SCOTUS from there.

This is a significant victory for Trump and a major setback for Smith, who is racing against the clock to put Trump on trial in front of a heavily Democrat jury before the election.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: certiorari; immunity; scotus; smith; trial; trump
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To: Leaning Right
I never in a million years thought I would find a movie like that funny, but this scene I link to just made me love that movie!

LINK: "Death of Stalin"-Conversation between Zhukov and Kruschev!

21 posted on 12/22/2023 4:46:07 PM PST by rlmorel ("The stigma for being wrong is gone, as long as you're wrong for the right side." (Clarice Feldman))
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To: Iron Munro

They may not have taken it for the same reason they would not take any other expedited cases - too many in line already.


22 posted on 12/22/2023 5:02:41 PM PST by Rennes Templar (Come back, President Trump.)
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To: SFConservative

Thanks.


23 posted on 12/22/2023 6:20:13 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel (No weapon formed against me shall prosper! (Isaiah 54:17))
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To: RoseofTexas

Yes. Something is up.


24 posted on 12/22/2023 6:21:49 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel (No weapon formed against me shall prosper! (Isaiah 54:17))
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To: Leaning Right

Classic!


25 posted on 12/22/2023 7:21:28 PM PST by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: Iron Munro

“explain why this was not SCOTUS dodging the issue?”

That’s exactly what it is.

If they had done their job in 2020 re the case from TX, that other states joined, we probably would be in much better shape than we are.

Feckless cowards.


26 posted on 12/22/2023 8:22:00 PM PST by MayflowerMadam ("A coward dies a thousand times before his death, but the valiant taste of death but once.")
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Special Counsel Jack Smith had asked the nation’s highest court to take up the immunity case on an expedited basis, bypassing the federal court of appeals.

The Supreme Court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, including three justices nominated by Trump, denied the request in a one-line order that did not provide any reason for the decision.

https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20231223-us-supreme-court-declines-to-fast-track-trump-s-absolute-immunity-case


27 posted on 12/23/2023 1:26:22 AM PST by Texan4Life
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To: libstripper

My understanding is that now the court of appeals is going to try to rush a conviction. They want briefs summitted in January so the can begin oral arguments. But I read somewhere that there 8 million pages of documents to be reviewed. How can the court rush this that quickly without giving Trump time to review the evidence?


28 posted on 12/23/2023 2:03:14 AM PST by Toughluck_freeper
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To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel

“Does this include the GA case as well?”

Indirectly and strongly. Although the GA case is a state case, Trump’s also made the same partial immunity claim in it and, if my 81 year old memory is correct, the GA state judge hearing that case has stayed it pending determination of the partial immunity issue.


29 posted on 12/23/2023 7:32:25 AM PST by libstripper
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