From the BBC:
“Top US court will rule on
Trump immunity claims”
The Supreme Court will decide if
ex-President Donald Trump is immune from being prosecuted on charges of trying
to overturn the 2020 election. The 6-3 conservative majority court decided on
Wednesday to hear Mr Trump's claims that he should be shielded from criminal
liability. The ruling marks the first time the court has weighed in on such a
case.
A US Court of Appeals panel has
already rejected Mr Trump's argument that he enjoys presidential immunity. Mr
Trump had claimed in the landmark legal case that he was immune from all
criminal charges for acts he said fell within his duties as president. But the
court ruled unanimously against the 77-year-old, writing that: "We cannot
accept former President Trump's claim that a president has unbounded authority
to commit crimes that would neutralise the most fundamental check on executive
power - the recognition and implementation of election results." He
appealed the case to the Supreme Court and asked to put that decision on hold.
Mr Trump was charged last year
with witness tampering and conspiracy to defraud the US in federal court in
Washington DC over his attempts to overturn his 2020 election loss to Joe
Biden. That trial was originally scheduled for March. The Supreme Court has
scheduled arguments in the case for the week of April 22, meaning the
Washington DC trial date will be delayed while the high court considers the
case. The Republican front-runner candidate for president is facing a host of
other federal and state criminal charges. Mr Trump has pleaded not guilty in
all the cases, frequently referring to them as political "witch
hunts". The former president is facing a trial starting in late March on
charges of falsifying business records over hush-money payment he made to a
porn star. The Supreme Court is also hearing arguments in a separate case
weighing whether Mr Trump can be disqualified from running for a second term
under the 14th Amendment's "insurrection ban."
^ Hopefully the Supreme Court
will actually follow the law and not their own Politics and find Trump didn’t/doesn’t
have Carte Blanche Immunity. ^
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