In the case of the Supreme Court docket’s questions relating to Donald J. Trump v. United States, they have been purported to reply the essential query of if Donald Trump had presidential immunity as he claims he does within the election interference trial in D.C.
The reply to the Trump immunity query is an easy ‘No,’ MSNBC’s Katie Phang mentioned on her present The Katie Phang Present. Pointing to Justice Jackson’s evaluation, she paraphrased, “Which was ‘why can’t we just answer the damn question that way it’s been posed.’ Because if we just say no, that you don’t get that immunity, then we don’t have to do the I’m gonna put your official X and I’m gonna put your private x in this bucket and never the twain shall meet.”
“It is fatally flawed and it only leads to delay and bad precedent and bad law,” the authorized professional mentioned.
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”That rubric would not work. It’s fatally flawed and it solely results in delay and dangerous precedent, and dangerous legislation.” Watch evaluation from @KatiePhang on the Supreme Court docket listening to on Trump’s presidential immunity claims. pic.twitter.com/V9KGS18HkE
— The Katie Phang Present (@katiephangshow) April 26, 2024
“Ketanji Brown Jackson had the best analysis with Dreeben at the end of all of this. Which was ‘why can’t we just answer the damn question that way it’s been posed.’”
“Because if we just say no, that you don’t get that immunity, then we don’t have to do the I’m gonna put your official X and I’m gonna put your private x in this bucket and never the twain shall meet.”
“This bizarre one legged stool Justice Roberts analysis, blah, blah, blah. That rubric doesn’t work. It is fatally flawed and it only leads to delay and bad precedent and bad law.”
“Which is why, if you just answer the question, no, you don’t get immunity for that… You don’t have to worry about new trials and district court rulings and then more appeals and more delay.”
“And then you get to Amy Coney Barrett’s point, you can get it back to where it needs to be.”
“And you don’t have to excise out the official part of it. You don’t have to excise out. You can present it to the jury with a limiting instruction. That’s what happens every single day in a court of law right?”
This Supreme Court docket doesn’t appear to really feel compelled to assist People be absolutely knowledgeable after they go to vote in November of this yr, as they’ve all of a sudden determined to maneuver as slowly as potential when at Katie Phang identified, the reply to the query posed could be very easy and really straightforward and really fast.
Certainly, Just Security reminded the general public that the Court docket has been prepared and capable of transfer rapidly prior to now when coping with maters of public significance. “The Supreme Court on several occasions in the past has been willing and able to move very quickly when dealing with questions of historic public importance.”
One of many examples they supplied was how rapidly the Court docket moved to revive Donald J. Trump the poll in Colorado after the Colorado Supreme Court docket dominated Trump was NOT eligible for the first poll as a result of inciting an revolt on January sixth, 2021 in an effort to remain in energy after he misplaced essentially the most safe election in fashionable historical past.
The Court docket determined that in simply 25 days after oral arguments.
Voters need to have details about Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn an election. They want this info earlier than they vote. To withhold it might be election interference by the Court, and whereas that may sound like a wild accusation, now we have seen the FBI weaponize investigations in opposition to Democratic presidential candidates twice now to assist Donald Trump in two completely different elections. We now have seen Republican members of Congress work to maintain their very own constituents votes from being counted in an effort to assist Trump steal an election. We now have seen norms and protocol ignored in terms of manipulating the system to assist Donald Trump.
To not determine this case on the query raised in a well timed method can be election interference. The problem then turns into that nothing may very well be achieved about it, as a result of a number of of the conservative members of the Court docket deal with it like a divine proper of Kings as a substitute of the excessive court docket in a democracy.
Their actions are simply one more reason to get everybody you understand to vote this November. Vote in opposition to election deniers and individuals who aren’t vigorously upholding our freedoms.
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