SCOTUS reject Jack Smiths request for justices to hear Trump immunity dispute

Your logic speaks against itself.
If the SCOTUS thought Trump doesn't have an immunity case, when would they rule in favor of Trump?

 

Read what I said, again.

 

1st off, the SCOTUS can't make that ruling. Its not their case. Its in the appellant court.
Thats why they ruled the way they did.

 

It does seem a tad suspect that they could / would not rule on that. Suspect that politics factored in.
Why on earth would a President be immune from the law?? That would be a dangerous loophole. ( and create a fettle atmosphere for people like Trump to abuse the role as he wished He has shown how little he respects boundaries of any kind.)

 

I am pretty convinced you are unaware of what Smith's motion was about, so carry on.

 

Sorry, thats not what you claimed.
But I would run from the claim you made as well
Proving you knew better and just got caught.

YOU CLAIMED

Yet that isn't the case, is it

Did you want to take another out of context swing at it, did you need additional education on the subject

 

You mean this one

CNN
The court’s decision is a major blow to Smith, who made an extraordinary gamble when he asked the justices to take the rare step of skipping a federal appeals court and quickly deciding a fundamental issue in his election subversion criminal case against Trump.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/22/politics/supreme-court-trump-immunity-jack-smith/index.html

 

It’s still the case. I’m not sure what you don’t understand.

 

I understand you tried to claim Smith was trying to speed up the appeal, not prevent it, when he was actually trying to use the SCOTUS to have his trial before the appellant court ruled. Which is why he got shot down.
And the same reason you were wrong
Thats what I understand. lol

 

Do you think the appellate court ruling will mean anything???
If they rule for trump( unlikely), govt will appeal.
If they rule for the govt, trump will appeal.
This is going to Scotus. Only question was when.

 

So how is Smith going to speed up the appeal process again?

 

I’m not sure if you really don’t understand or you’re just trying play word games. Scotus is going to have the final say on this. No matter what

 

If you could predict : What do you think that decision will be??

 

You still seem ignorant of what Smith sought which was a short cut through to where this is always going to end up.

 

Nothing he’s charged with were part of his official duties. I can’t fathom how this goes in his favor. Just a stall tactic I think.

 

That’s exactly what Trump wants, to delay the trial until after the election. Polls have showed if Trump is convicted of a crime, his poll numbers plummets. It seems to me that Trump doesn’t want the American people to know whether they’re voting for an innocent man or a guilty man. Be that as it may, there’s another case, the Colorado case which their supreme court has ruled Trump an insurrectionist but stayed their ruling pending appeal that may have even bigger repercussions in the end. Even if Trump were to win the election, he still could be barred from the office of the presidency depending on how the appeals turnout. Time will tell. Then there’s still the Georgia case for election interference scheduled to begin 5 Aug 2024.

 

I have no doubt that Trump prefers to wait on his appeal for presidential immunity because if he wins that one (And I'm not saying he will or won't) Jack smiths case is over.

But I wouldn't put much stock in the 4 justices from Colorado's claim since the SCOTUS already kicked that idea to the curb last October.
Once you allow judges to claim people have committed crimes instead of the 6th amendment, this country goes into chaos in a single ruling.

 

Delaying his trials after the election is Trump’s sole “stay out of jail card”, and every above average intelligent people know that.

 

If Trump wins his immunity claim, then I’m wondering what Biden/future presidents could do before and after an election, and be immune from all prosecution?

Thus, a win for Trump would certainly open up a pandora box.

 

I don't think its immunity from criminal charges. I think its immunity from civil claims.

 

It’s definitely criminal, it’s the chutkan jan 6 case. From YOUR OP

immunity from federal prosecution for alleged crimes he committed while in office.

 

The one in a federal court for this alleged federal crime a court said he was guilty of.

 

Actually, SCOTUS has the mandate to hear ANY case at any time they choose if it involves Constitutional questions. It's called the power of Original Jurisdiction.
It is not a "win" for SCOTUS to refer the case back to the Appellate Court first. Just means they want more time to prepare for what they know is coming.

 

Trial in federal court for his federal crimes IS due process.

 

Immunity from civil claims is already well established…didn’t you know?