The Supreme Court declined special counsel Jack Smith’s request Friday for it to quickly consider a key question in former President Donald Trump’s election interference case without letting the lower court weigh in first.
Smith asked the justices last week to hear former President Donald Trump’s bid to have his election interference case dismissed based on presidential immunity without allowing the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to first consider the issue.
In an unsigned order Friday, the justices shot down his request.
District Judge Tanya Chutkan declined to dismiss Trump’s case Dec. 1 in a decision that said the presidency “does not confer a lifelong ‘get-out-of-jail-free’ pass.” Trump then appealed her decision to the D.C. Circuit.
The Supreme Court’s decision puts an obstacle in the way of Smith, who has been making every effort to salvage Trump’s scheduled March 4 trial date. Chutkan paused proceedings in Trump’s case pending his appeal of the immunity question.
Trump’s attorneys told the justices in a filing Wednesday that they should reject Smith’s request, which they alleged had a “partisan motivation,” and to not “rush to decide the issues with reckless abandon.”
BREAKING: The Supreme Court denied special counsel Jack Smith’s request for it to decide on former President Donald Trump’s presidential immunity claim before letting the D.C. Circuit weigh in. pic.twitter.com/FCgzmpnHnz
— Katelynn Richardson (@katesrichardson) December 22, 2023
“This Court’s ordinary review procedures will allow the D.C. Circuit to address this appeal in the first instance, thus granting this Court the benefit of an appellate court’s prior consideration of these historic topics and performing the traditional winnowing function that this Court has long preferred,” Trump’s lawyers wrote Wednesday.
His lawyers said Smith “confuses the public interest with a partisan interest of his superior, President Biden.”
“Further, the Special Counsel’s insistence that this Court decide the immunity question ‘during its current Term,’ reflects the evident desire to schedule President Trump’s potential trial during the summer of 2024— at the height of the election season,” they wrote.
Oral arguments at the D.C. Circuit are scheduled for Jan. 9, 2024. The question will likely come back to the Supreme Court after the appeals court issues a ruling.
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Corruption and cause confusion amongst
Them all, so that every plan they come up with
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Trump for President 2024.
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GENERAL EDWIN MEESE III AND LAW
PROFESSORS STEVEN G. CALABRESI AND
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SUPPORTING NEITHER PARTY”
Turns out Garland lacks the constitutional authority to appoint Smith to Special Counsel. So, everything Smith has done to this point is unconstitutional, illegal, and moot. It will be interesting to see what the SCOTUS does with this.
The left said “Subway Jack” was such a brilliant attorney. He seems to have a problem with understanding the chain of custody when it comes to appeals. It’s not that kind of system, you know, where you get to do what YOU want.
Respective the process, jack da hack…
All I want for Christmas is for Jack Smith to assume room temperature!