Authorized specialists principally anticipated the Supreme Courtroom to show down Jack Smith’s request for fast-track arguments on Trump’s immunity claims, however Trump might not get the lengthy delay that he’s looking for.
Chris Geidner tweeted:
My take: This pushes issues a bit, however the DC Circuit arguments are Jan 9. That appeals courtroom has been very fast in its decision of those circumstances; I think about we’ll be again to SCOTUS by the top of January. Not what Smith wished, however not an enormous delay. (See additionally: No famous dissents.)
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) December 22, 2023
Andrew Weissmann posted:
Not shocking given the pace of DC Circuit evaluation (argument on 1/9) BUT the difficulty is will S Ct expedite evaluation AFTER the DC Circuit guidelines. If it doesn’t, there are too some ways for Trump to sluggish the appeals course of right down to delay any pre election trial. https://t.co/Tr7xb2VwCP
— Andrew Weissmann (weissmann11 on Threads)🌻 (@AWeissmann_) December 22, 2023
The Supreme Courtroom ducked the query for now, however as Weissmann identified, the massive query is will they proceed to duck the query within the close to future. This argument goes to come back as much as the Courtroom once more, probably after the Circuit courtroom guidelines towards Trump.
It is rather probably that the courtroom will rule towards Trump as a result of he has misplaced each single immunity declare that he has introduced to date, however the level of the immunity claims isn’t for Trump to win. Trump is making an attempt to tug this case out till after election.
The delay technique tells observers so much about how Trump and his legal professionals view his odds of beating the case. If Trump thought that he had an important protection, he can be speeding to speeding to trial be discovered not responsible earlier than the 2024 normal election marketing campaign begins.
Trump held off having his protection shattered for now, nevertheless it stays to be seen whether or not he’ll have the ability to play the courtroom system by election day 2024.
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