The Supreme Court might put cold water on the federal election disturbance case versus previous President Donald Trump before it even goes to trial if the justices choose to rule in his favor on his resistance claim.
Unique Counsel Jack Smith, who is leading the prosecution, asked the Supreme Court on Monday to right away action in and rule on whether Trump is immune from prosecution for supposed criminal offenses he dedicated while in workplace– a remarkable demand that would ask the court to weigh in on the extraordinary prosecution of a previous president.
The Supreme Court chooses which cases it hears, so it would not be needed to do so. District Judge Tanya Chutkan has actually currently ruled that Trump is not immune from the prosecution, and Smith is asking the court to use up the claim by avoiding a federal appeals court and judgment at last, in hopes of keeping the trial on track for its March start date.
If the court does take up the matter at Smith’s demand, there is a possibility it might side with Trump and approve his resistance– a judgment that would eliminate Smith’s hopes of bringing the case to trial at all.