Supreme Court To Hear Trump’s Presidential Immunity Case
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Wednesday to determine whether former President Donald Trump may claim immunity for actions taken while in the White House. His argument revolves around Special Counsel Jack Smith’s accusations of criminal election interference.
This case is clearly part of the multi-pronged effort by the Biden administration and its allies to push Trump from the 2024 presidential campaign.
Justices confirmed they will determine “whether and if so to what extent does a former president enjoy presidential immunity from criminal prosecution for conduct alleged to involve official acts during his tenure in office.”
This put the brakes on Smith’s case, much to the chagrin of leftist pundits who want to see Trump erased from this year’s presidential election.
The high court fast-tracked the appeal and will begin to hear arguments on the week of April 22. That means a decision will not be forthcoming until late June.
Smith’s Jan. 6 case against Trump was to commence on March 4, which is not coincidentally the day prior to the Super Tuesday primaries. This means Democrats will have to wait for their next show trial of the 45th president.
No reason in law to rule anything other than a President has absolute immunity. Any other decision will end of our Republic, and assure the tyranny of the surveillance police state. Supreme Court will decide if Trump is immune from prosecution
https://t.co/l2FVcEqnjF— Lou Dobbs (@LouDobbs) February 29, 2024
Justices have been busy with considering Democratic persecutions of Trump. Earlier in February the bench listened to arguments on whether he can be purged from the Colorado ballot over “insurrection” claims.
Trump’s lawyers requested that the Supreme Court intervene in Smith’s case, asserting that the long established principle of presidential immunity shielded him from prosecution.
Unsurprisingly, a D.C. appeals court previously ruled that Trump was not protected by immunity.
Smith’s team pushed for a quick trial without specifically noting that Trump is the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. It described the prosecution as having “unique national importance” and claimed that delay interferes with the public interest.
Trump’s attorneys asserted that allowing such prosecution of a former president over actions taken while in office is a dangerous precedent that will undermine the government for years to come.
They stated, “such prosecutions will recur and become increasingly common, ushering in destructive cycles of recrimination. Criminal prosecution, with its greater stigma and more severe penalties, imposes a far greater ‘personal’ vulnerability’ on the President than any civil penalty.”