OMG, SC Smith is going the Full Monty here, petitioning for cert before judgment, not willing to await the DC Circuit's hearing on tRump's "absolute immunity" appeal. My sense before this action broke was that the CA would uphold Judge Chutkan's ruling with a closely- and thoroughly-argued opinion, and that SCOTUS would deny cert. based …
OMG, SC Smith is going the Full Monty here, petitioning for cert before judgment, not willing to await the DC Circuit's hearing on tRump's "absolute immunity" appeal. My sense before this action broke was that the CA would uphold Judge Chutkan's ruling with a closely- and thoroughly-argued opinion, and that SCOTUS would deny cert. based upon the appellate court's decision, and in view of the previous SCOTUS decision on tRump's immunity claims in a criminal investigation.
What a turnabout, as it does appear that the higher courts do indeed want to expedite all appeals ASAP in order to land as close as possible onto the 4 Mar 2024 trial date. The Nixon ruling surely is controlling here, regardless of today's SCOTUS makeup, and the massive corpus of evidence already filed in DC points *a fortiori* to the breadth and depth of tRump's alleged criminality vis-à-vis the Watergate crimes.
No way will tRump merit an "absolute immunity" dismissal.
OMG, SC Smith is going the Full Monty here, petitioning for cert before judgment, not willing to await the DC Circuit's hearing on tRump's "absolute immunity" appeal. My sense before this action broke was that the CA would uphold Judge Chutkan's ruling with a closely- and thoroughly-argued opinion, and that SCOTUS would deny cert. based upon the appellate court's decision, and in view of the previous SCOTUS decision on tRump's immunity claims in a criminal investigation.
What a turnabout, as it does appear that the higher courts do indeed want to expedite all appeals ASAP in order to land as close as possible onto the 4 Mar 2024 trial date. The Nixon ruling surely is controlling here, regardless of today's SCOTUS makeup, and the massive corpus of evidence already filed in DC points *a fortiori* to the breadth and depth of tRump's alleged criminality vis-à-vis the Watergate crimes.
No way will tRump merit an "absolute immunity" dismissal.
This was also what I expected, but not 100% certain that the Extreme Court would deny cert.