Supremes deny Jack Smith and sidesteps decision on Trump presidential immunity claim
(www.nbcnews.com)
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"The court denied without comment special counsel Jack Smith’s request asking the justices to circumvent the normal appeals court process and quickly decide the question, which looms large in Trump’s prosecution in Washington over allegations of election interference."
He was President. He was impeached. He was not convicted in the Senate. Period.
Jack Smith can go pound sand. In his sand box.
He finally got a smack across his ugly face....hopefully more in the future!
Have you seen his face? This wasn't the first smack...
I heard that he is going to the senate briefing room for his pounding.
Are your sure he hasn't already been there, done that? HA!
He's gonna get pounded alright.
Gonna be a packed shithouse.
Hunter snuck into DC for the occasion.
u/#correct
lower case "u"
ThanQ!
Can someone explain to a dumb dumb like me why this is a win? Wouldn't it be when for it to be expedited and the court ruling in favor of Trump?
Prosecutor bypassed the appellate court. Supremes are court of last resort. My guess.
Im reading it like they are denying Trumps immunity claim
No they are kicking it back. They won't be bothered with it, just now.
Because they are fully aware of the reality and want to let the system work. Slow is sometimes a good thing.
Smith wanted to skip the Circuit Court and go directly to SCOTUS to save time, and avoid two appeals from Trump assuming he loses.
Smith wants Trump's trial to start the day before Super Tuesday, knowing Trump will need to be campaigning all over the place. Once the trial starts Trump will actually have to be there in court, unlike the New York scam trial. That would severely hamper Trumps campaigning in the primaries and very well could effect the elections.
election interference is obvious
My guess is none of the cases can proceed until this case eventually makes it to SCOTUS. Which could put the trials until after the 2024 election. But yeah, I would think him being immune would be better. Maybe as long as the cases are pending, his support will continue to be high?
Tim pool made a good point last night on IRL that Jack was never appointed Special Counsel. He's literally just some guy AKA a private citizen and practically a vigilante, going after Trump and the media just said he was SC. But he has no real Constitutional authority at all.
I wonder if that's how Trump gets out of all this after he's convicted. I.e. Q lets Trump be jailed to wake people up as to how far they will go and then get him out by exposing how Jack was never constitutionally and officially authorised to do all this in the first place so it all collapses?
"Jack was never constitutionally and officially authorised to do all this in the first place so it all collapses"
That is my take, like as We Are Watching a Movie. ?
i guess
Agreed
So now we dont get to hear the proof of 2020 election fraud. Im tired of the goat rope. Can we just get some exposure already?
NBC scum. He did not try to overturn the 2020 election. Democrats stole the election.
Exactly. So tired of their gaslight attempts
Lol... awesome. Pretty much told Colorado court and Jack Smith where to stick it. 👍
I thought that the hearing on the Colorado issue wasn't until Early January?
The Colorado court is deferring to the SCOTUS. They could put it off indefinitely. No telling. At least for now Colorado will just have to sit on it and rotate.
"Steering clear of a political firestorm for now, the Supreme Court said Friday it would not immediately decide the key question of whether Donald Trump has broad immunity for actions he took as president challenging his 2020 election loss."
This decision is regarding the Colorado case.
The Colorado case is whether he can be on the ballot. It has zero to do with Jack Smith's case.
Jack in off colored mood now.
SO MUCH WINNING!!!!
Not that helpful IMHO.
Extremely helpful. The deep state is desperate to keep Trump off the ballot and hinder his run.
This pushes Jackass desire to have a trial starting March 4th way back. Maybe even until after the 2024 election. Not only that it gives more time for Jackasses extortion in Europe, the unconstitutional process by which he was appointed and this question about who Jackass really is, to be uncovered. More disclosure only awakens more people.
Trump’s lawyers argue that his role in questioning the result of the election was within the “outer perimeter” of his official responsibilities as president, citing a 1982 Supreme Court ruling about presidential immunity. Therefore, under Supreme Court precedent, Trump is immune from prosecution, his lawyers say.
Smith was asking SCOTUS to rule whether Trump has immunity or not. They said no and kicked it back to the DC court that will have a hearing on Jan 9.
There would be no due process if SCOTUS jumped the shark. Think moves and countermoves. This is very helpful IMO.
Trump took an oath to support and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. Wanting to ensure the election wasn't stolen by foreign or domestic enemies was absolutely part of his Presidential duties.
What "efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election?"
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So the idea is because of this ruling they won't be able to get him to trial before the 2024 election? They have to wait for SCOTUS to make this ruling (whenever they get around to it) before the cases can proceed? Would it not have been better for them to simply rule that he is immune to prosecution?
It's kicked back to the DC appellate court where Smith is going to have to prove that Trump didn't have immunity. Smith was trying to leapfrog and have the Supremes rule yes or no. That's just not how it works.