Earlier right this moment Attorneys Basic for 19 states filed a brief at the USA Supreme Courtroom to halt Jack Smith’s transfer to bypass the appeals course of in his prosecution of President Trump.
Missouri Lawyer Basic Andrew Bailey posted the information on X.
BREAKING: We now have filed a short at the USA Supreme Courtroom to halt Jack Smith’s transfer to bypass the appeals course of in his prosecution of President Trump.
The DOJ’s try to speed up the prosecution is blatantly partisan, and SCOTUS should reject it. pic.twitter.com/kJw2krar6U
— Lawyer Basic Andrew Bailey (@AGAndrewBailey) December 21, 2023
Former Ronald Reagan Lawyer Basic Edwin Meese joined regulation professors Steven Calabresi and Gary Lawson in submitting an amicus transient — an neutral advisory assertion — to the Supreme Courtroom.
Former AG Meese makes the surprising declare that Jack Smith didn’t purchase his purported authority as particular counsel in a authorized or constitutional method and, subsequently lacks standing to characterize the USA in entrance of a federal court docket.
The Western Journal reported:
On Nov. 18, 2022, Lawyer Basic Merrick Garland appointed Smith as particular counsel to harass Trump and others over their objections to the presidential election of 2020.
On Aug. 1, the previous president and main GOP contender within the 2024 presidential race was indicted on 4 felony costs associated to his election challenges and the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol incursion.
Final week, Smith submitted a petition to the Supreme Courtroom for a writ of certiorari asking the justices to rule on the query of presidential immunity. Might Trump be prosecuted for “crimes committed while in office”?
The phrase “alleged” ought to now seem earlier than the phrase “special counsel” in Smith’s case as a result of Meese and his colleagues questioned the very validity of Smith’s appointment.
Based on Edwin Meese and his co-authors Jack Smith has no enterprise earlier than a federal court docket.
In his conclusion, Meese acknowledged this:
“Smith is a modern example of the naked emperor. Improperly appointed, he has no more authority to represent the United States in this Court than Bryce Harper, Taylor Swift, or Jeff Bezos. That fact is sufficient to sink Smith’s petition, and the Court should deny review.”
Right here is Edwin Meese’s amicus transient — an neutral advisory assertion — to the Supreme Courtroom.
