Donald Trump gets a reprieve…..
Appeals Court have flatly denied Trump attempted try to get over….
But one might believe that justice’s Alito and Thomas would not just go along with the Appeals Court’s decision’s which experts feel ARE solid…
I can think that on such a important point the High Court might want to rule…
The argument’s will go before the Court April 22……
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If the court rules on the matter quickly after the arguments and rejects Trump’s immunity claim, it may permit a trial on the election-related charges to occur later this summer or fall.
But the court’s decision to keep the pretrial proceedings frozen is a blow to special counsel Jack Smith’s effort to bring Trump to trial this year. Smith has charged Trump with four felonies stemming from his bid to subvert the 2020 presidential election.
Trump claims that, as a former president, he enjoys broad immunity from criminal prosecution for acts taken while in office. Lower courts have rejected that claim, but proceedings in the trial court have been paused for more than two months while Trump has litigated the novel immunity question.
In Wednesday’s order, the Supreme Court granted Trump’s emergency request to maintain that pause while the justices hear Trump’s immunity appeal.
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Some legal experts had predicted that at least the required four justices would want to weigh in on whether presidential acts can be criminally prosecuted — a question Trump has also raised in his separate Florida and Georgia trials. But simply by taking up the matter now, the high court has effectively helped Trump achieve his goal of pushing back at least the D.C. trial, which originally was scheduled to start next week. The former president has repeatedly pressed to postpone all his trials until after the November election, raising the possibility that if he is elected he could try to have the federal cases dismissed.
Wednesday’s announcement means there are now three cases before the Supreme Court that could directly impact Trump’s legal and political future: The justices are also considering whether he can be barred from the ballot because of his conduct around the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, and they will hear a challenge in April to the use of an obstruction charge against participants in that riot — the outcome of which could affect the charges Trump faces in D.C. as well.
The brief unsigned order issued in the immunity case Wednesday said the justices were not “expressing a view on the merits” of the case and would consider only the question of “whether and if so to what extent does a former president enjoy presidential immunity from criminal prosecution for conduct alleged to involve official acts during his tenure in office.”…
Post updated 10:33Pm 2/28/2024
If the court sits on this for awhile which there is a good chance they will?
Then, except for the New York case,likely none of the other cases will be held until after the election,if at all.
Harlen Crow got what he paid for.
And, Jack, should trials continue past 20 January 2025 and should DJT (by fair means or foul) is re-inaugurated, then he can try to pardon himself, retroactively and pro-actively for any Federal offences.
That’s correct .
And that will likely open up another can of worms( I would enjoy certain justices who claim to be “ originalists” argue that the founding fathers really intended to allow a President to pardon himself) .
Actually?
A Trump win would mean the Florida trial would never start……
Smith could cut down the DC case to squeeze it in before the election
The Georgia trial like the NY trial is legally unaffected…….
But a Trump win WOULD be interesting…
New York’s criminal and civil cases seem to be Trump’s MAJOR WORRIES
And?
He COULD BE BROKE
AND A CONVICTED FELON
Roberts has his hands FULL with Alito and Thomas …
I knew they would want to do a ruling since this IS historically SERIOUS SHIT
But the Appeals Court ruling did the heavy lifting….