If accepted, the case will be the first time the high court has a say in one of Trump’s quartet of indictments.

The Supreme Court almost immediately granted Special Counsel Jack Smith’s Monday request for expedited consideration—a highly unusual rapid response that highlights the historic nature of the case.

Smith wants the court to weigh in on the question of whether former president Donald Trump has absolute presidential immunity for crimes he’s accused of carrying out while in the White House.

In its response, the high court ordered Trump’s attorneys to file a reply to Smith’s petition by next Wednesday, Dec. 20 at 4 p.m. ET.

The Supreme Court’s Monday decision does not mean it will take up the case—it simply means the nine-judge panel will make that decision on a much faster timeline than it normally would.

  • xkforce@lemmy.world
    176·
    7 months ago

    No they fucking wont.

    These same assholes overturned Roe v Wade and did a lot of other questionable things. There is zero evidence they’ll suddenly grow a conscience.

    • Beemo Dinosaurierfuß@feddit.de
      19·
      7 months ago

      That’s not what OP said.

      They will never grow a conscience, but they will happily throw Trump under the bus if it serves them.
      He is not one of them so he can easily be made part of the out group.

      The very second dumping Trump is better for their aspirations of power than holding on to him they will do just that.
      Not for moral reasons though, those don’t even fall into consideration.

        • myster0n@feddit.nl
          161·
          7 months ago

          If they say that the president has full immunity there’s nothing stopping Biden from rounding them up and gutting them like fish.

          • Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world
            21·
            7 months ago

            there’s nothing stopping Biden from rounding them up and gutting them like fish.

            They know that’s conservative-only behavior. That’s why conservatives are so goddamned bold. They know normal people won’t engage in the same criminal behavior they engage in, so they can punch as low as they want without fear of extrajudicial retribution.

    • BraveSirZaphod@kbin.social
      82·
      7 months ago

      Just yesterday, they allowed Washington to ban gay conversion therapy under the basis that regulating medical therapy is reserved to the states. A few years back, Gorsuch supported a ruling banning workplace discrimination of LGBT people under the logic that it’s sex-based discrimination.

      To be clear, Alito and Thomas are straight-up partisan hacks, but the others have some manner of legal ideology, even if it leads to terrible results sometimes. Beyond that, they have lifetime appointments. They don’t need Trump anymore and owe him nothing.