Published December 24, 2023
The United States Supreme Court on Friday wasted few words in telling special counsel Jack Smith that his plan to skip the normal appeals process regarding questions of former President Donald Trump’s presidential immunity and move right to a decision by SCOTUS wasn’t going to go forward.
“The petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment is denied,” the court told Smith briefly and without comment in its response to his request.
That means that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit will go forward with its scheduled oral arguments on Jan. 9, according to NBC News.
Unsurprisingly, the former president himself wasted no time jumping on social media to celebrate his (admittedly temporary) victory.
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“Crooked Joe Biden and his henchmen waited three years to bring this sham case, and now they have tried and failed to rush this Witch Hunt through the courts. Of course I am entitled to Presidential Immunity. I was President, it was my right and duty to investigate, and speak on, the rigged and stolen 2020 Presidential Election.
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SOURCE: www.westernjournal.com
RELATED: Trump Immunity: Supreme Court Rejects Special Counsel’s Request for Expedited Ruling
Published December 24, 2023
The United States Supreme Court rejected a request by Special Counsel Jack Smith for an expedited ruling on Donald Trump’s claims of immunity in his election interference case.
The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit has already indicated its plans to expedite its consideration of Trump’s immunity case. Earlier this week, the former president’s legal team filed a written response to Smith’s request, urging the Supreme Court not to rush the situation.
The Supreme Court’s brief said that the appeal presents “momentous, historic questions” and that an erroneous denial of a claim of presidential immunity warrants its review.
Trump is currently charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights, as per Fox News.
The Supreme Court’s decision will likely be considered a major blow to Smith, who has made the extraordinary gamble of asking the justices for an expedited ruling. Both sides of the legal battle still have the option of appealing an eventual DC Circuit Court of Appeals ruling up to the highest court.
The former president’s strategy has been to delay the criminal case and to mount a protracted fight over the questioning of his immunity claim. On the other hand, at the DC Circuit, an expedited review is underway over the issue.
A CNN Supreme Court analyst and professor at the University of Texas School of Law, Steve Vladeck, said the real question now is what happens next. He noted that assuming the Court of Appeals rejects Trump’s claim, will it keep the trial on hold until the Supreme Court’s review is completed or allow the case to continue to trial?
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SOURCE: www.hngn.com
RELATED: Supreme Court Hands Jack Smith A Major Defeat In Trump 2020 Election Case
Published December 24, 2023
The Supreme Court declined special counsel Jack Smith’s request Friday for it to quickly consider a key question in former President Donald Trump’s election interference case without letting the lower court weigh in first.
Smith asked the justices last week to hear former President Donald Trump’s bid to have his election interference case dismissed based on presidential immunity without allowing the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to first consider the issue. In an unsigned order Friday, the justices shot down his request.
District Judge Tanya Chutkan declined to dismiss Trump’s case Dec. 1 in a decision that said the presidency “does not confer a lifelong ‘get-out-of-jail-free’ pass.” Trump then appealed her decision to the D.C. Circuit.
The Supreme Court’s decision puts an obstacle in the way of Smith, who has been making every effort to salvage Trump’s scheduled March 4 trial date. Chutkan paused proceedings in Trump’s case pending his appeal of the immunity question.
Trump’s attorneys told the justices in a filing Wednesday that they should reject Smith’s request, which they alleged had a “partisan motivation,” and to not “rush to decide the issues with reckless abandon.”
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SOURCE: www.dailycaller.com
