The Supreme Court has been asked to weigh in on a question that will decide if the former president faces charges for efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
WASHINGTON (CN) — The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to review a fast-tracked petition asking if Donald Trump can use his status as a former president to claim immunity from criminal charges related to his effort to overturn the 2020 election.
The order came only hours after Special Counsel Jack Smith asked the justices to expedite consideration of Trump’s presidential immunity claim in his D.C. prosecution for election interference leading up to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. The decision is not an agreement to hear Smith’s case, but rather an agreement to review his petition faster than normal.
They haven’t agreed to even hear the case yet. They basically agreed to move this case to the top of the pile of cases they are going to consider hearing. Frankly, this is a good thing - the faster this bullshit is dealt with, the faster we can get back to putting Trump on trial(s).
Also, if this gets drug out, then there will be arguments about any trials themselves functioning as election interference. For good or for ill, I’d like to see the bulk of Trump charges resolved in court one way or another before we’re deep into general election season, specifically so his supporters can’t claim the trials themselves are being used to interfere with his campaign.