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General Category => National/Breaking News => SCOTUS News => Topic started by: libertybele on February 06, 2024, 08:23:27 pm
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I believe he's going to lose this fight; Roberts and Barrett will vote against him. As for the ballot issue ... I think they'll rule in his favor, at least I hope so.
Trump’s immunity fight heads to Supreme Court
A ruling by a federal appeals panel Tuesday determining former President Trump is not protected by presidential immunity in his election subversion case also propels the legal battle to get to the Supreme Court within days.
The ruling’s design essentially forces Trump to file an emergency appeal with the Supreme Court by Feb. 12 if he wants to keep his trial schedule on hold, which would help align with his strategy to delay any potential conviction until after November’s election.
Such an appeal would add a second historic Trump-related dispute onto the justices’ schedule; they will hear oral arguments Thursday about whether he can be disqualified from the ballot under the 14th Amendment’s insurrection clause due to his actions surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack.
The Supreme Court has yet to intervene in Trump’s criminal cases. But the immunity issue now presents an imminent vehicle for the justices, three of whom were appointed by Trump during his presidency, to get involved.................
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4450992-trumps-immunity-supreme-court/