BackAgain
Neutronium Member & truth speaker #StopBrandon
The DC Circuit Court heard oral arguments earlier today regarding the move by former a presidents Trump to have one or more of his pending criminal cases thrown out based on “Presidential Immunity.”
Regardless of the merits of the President’s motion (and the case law which supports his motion), he t seems fair to predict that the Circuit Court s going to reject it. This is not a significant ruling because their ruling isn’t the one that will ultimately decide the issue. Instead, all it does is lay the groundwork for the eventual decision by SCOTUS.
There are several possibilities here. (1) SCOTUS could decline to take the case prior to trial. Or (2) they could take the case only insofar as to address the prospect that the President should be entitled to that legal defense subject to asserting it at trial and having the trial court properly charge the jury accordingly. Or (3) they could take the appeal and decline to extend the principle of “Presidential Immunity” to criminal cases.
Or (4) they could accept the appeal and firmly decide that our law does require that the President be granted immunity even in criminal matters under the same bases as it exists for civil matters.
It would be astounding to see the circuit court grant the President’s motion. But of course, if they did that, the United States (via the special persecutor) would still seek an appeal to SCOTUS.
Regardless of the merits of the President’s motion (and the case law which supports his motion), he t seems fair to predict that the Circuit Court s going to reject it. This is not a significant ruling because their ruling isn’t the one that will ultimately decide the issue. Instead, all it does is lay the groundwork for the eventual decision by SCOTUS.
There are several possibilities here. (1) SCOTUS could decline to take the case prior to trial. Or (2) they could take the case only insofar as to address the prospect that the President should be entitled to that legal defense subject to asserting it at trial and having the trial court properly charge the jury accordingly. Or (3) they could take the appeal and decline to extend the principle of “Presidential Immunity” to criminal cases.
Or (4) they could accept the appeal and firmly decide that our law does require that the President be granted immunity even in criminal matters under the same bases as it exists for civil matters.
It would be astounding to see the circuit court grant the President’s motion. But of course, if they did that, the United States (via the special persecutor) would still seek an appeal to SCOTUS.