A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected Trump's claim of sweeping immunity on Feb. 6. He then asked the Supreme Court to put that decision on hold and allow him time to seek review from the full appeals court. It's unclear how ...
Washington —A federal appeals court in Washington found former President Donald Trump is not entitled tobroad immunityfrom federal prosecution, delivering a landmark decision that would allow the criminal case against the former president involving the 2020 presidential election to move forward if the ...
Donald Trump’s Colorado ballot challenge and his “presidential immunity” claim are awaiting the Supreme Court’s final decision. Neal Katyal, Saunders Professor of Law at Georgetown University, joins Joy Reid with his analysis of these cases and more.Feb. 21, 2024 ...
Trump’s lawyers appealed that decision, but Smith’s team, determined to keep the case on schedule, sought to leapfrog the appeals court by asking the Supreme Court to fast-track the immunity question. The justices declined to get involved. The appeal is vital to a Trump strategy of tryin...
"There is no immunity for unofficial acts," the ruling said. The Supreme Court did not define what qualifies as an official act in this instance, delegating that decision to the lower court. Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented from the majority decision. ...
A Decision on Trump’s Immunity LoomsIn the last 10 days of June, on a frenetic pace of its own making, the Supreme Court touched a wide swath of American society in a torrent of decisions on abortion, guns, the environment, health, the opioid crisis, securities fraud and homelessness....
how quickly the D.C. Circuit will issue a decision on the immunity matter, though it has acted swiftly in setting deadlines for filings and holding arguments. If the appeals court issues a decision on whether Trump is immune from federal prosecution, it can be appealed to the Supreme Court....
A unanimous 57-page opinion from the DC Circuit earlier this month rejected the immunity claims. Trump and Smith filed dueling briefs at the Supreme Court over whether the decision should be put on hold. Smith countered in his own filing on February 14 that Trump wasn’t close to meeting ...
The appeals court took center stage in the immunity dispute after the Supreme Court in December said it was at least temporarily staying out of it, rejecting a request from Smith’s team to take up the matter quickly and issue a speedy ruling. But the court could yet still decide to act...
“Legal Scholars are extremely thankful for the Supreme Court’s Decision today to take up Presidential Immunity. Without Presidential Immunity, a President will not be able to properly function, or make decisions, in the best interest of the United States of America. Presidents will always be...