Jen Psaki claims Supreme Court isn’t protecting country ‘from the Day One dictator’
By
Jenny Goldsberry
March 3, 2024 9:26 am
MSNBC host Jen Psaki accused the Supreme Court of giving former President Donald Trump “a major gift” in agreeing to consider his emergency petition.
Psaki centered her opinion editorial this week on the Justices agreeing to hear Trump’s claims of presidential immunity in Jack Smith’s election subversion case. Trump’s trial was initially slated to begin on March 4, but U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan removed it from the calendar. When the Supreme Court agreed to hear oral arguments in April, it possibly delayed the trial until later into the 2024 campaign or even after the election in November.
“By deciding to hear his outlandish claim of presidential immunity, the justices handed Trump the thing he covets most on a silver — or in his case, probably gold — platter: time,” Psaki wrote. “This decision leaves wide open the possibility that the American people might not know if they are casting their ballots for a convicted criminal on Election Day. In this scenario, justice delayed could quite literally be justice denied.”
This is the second of Trump’s legal cases to make it to the Supreme Court, following his ballot eligibility case out of Colorado. Justices promptly agreed to hear the case within two days and scheduled proceedings for a month later. Smith has attempted to speed up his own case by filing responses well before the deadline; however, Trump’s legal team has taken up the strategy of filing responses just before each deadline.
“And so here we are, facing what may be a harsh but important reality: We cannot bet on the justice system protecting us from the ‘Day One dictator,’” Psaki wrote.
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