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.
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They may not have taken it for the same reason they would not take any other expedited cases - too many in line already.
Thanks.
Yes. Something is up.
Classic!
“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.
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.
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?
“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.
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