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2023-12-23 -Land of the Free

Supreme Court rejects Jack Smith's request to fast-track decision on Trump presidential ‘immunity'

[Independent] The US Supreme Court has declined to weigh in on Donald Trump’s "presidential immunity" defence until an appeals court reviews the case.

The refusal on Friday from the nation’s highest court follows a request from special counsel Jack Smith to make a swift and "definitive" ruling on whether the former president can claim "immunity" from prosecution for crimes allegedly committed while in office.

The DC Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments on the "immunity" defence on 9 January.

A federal grand jury indictment charges Mr Trump for his alleged attempts to subvert the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, including his failure to stop a mob of his supporters from breaking into the US Capitol to stop the certification of the results on January 6.

The federal judge overseeing the case has rejected Mr Trump’s arguments, and Mr Trump has vowed to appeal.

The Supreme Court’s response tells the parties that the justices won’t get involved in the case, for now.

The justices did not cite a reason for the decision.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-12-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11142 views ] Top

#1 One thing the SCOTUS will not do is step on the lower courts by bypassing the process. Gotta let it play out.

Then they will smack the shit out of the lower court's opinion.

Posted by DarthVader 2023-12-23 01:20|| 2023-12-23 01:20|| Front Page Top

#2 Punt

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-12-23 07:26|| 2023-12-23 07:26|| Front Page Top

#3 Our country hasn’t seen this level of a hack since Jack Reynolds’s sawed a car apart in anger after a football loss.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-12-23 10:08|| 2023-12-23 10:08|| Front Page Top

#4 Jack Smith was trying to take his a small part of his case to the supreme court to give his judge an opportunity to find Trump guilty. I'm glad the supreme court will not play lackey politics.

Posted by 49 Pan 2023-12-23 15:11|| 2023-12-23 15:11|| Front Page Top

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