Donald Trump had a piece of lime and another piece of sand. In the last few hours the Supreme Court of the United States has given him the good news that he will hear the oral arguments of his defense the following week starts April 22ndregarding the dispute over whether the former president has the right to maintain his immunity from the federal trial being pursued in Washington over his alleged role during the federal trial the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
The justices said in an unsigned order that their review would be limited to a single question: “To what extent does a former president enjoy presidential immunity from criminal prosecution for conduct alleged to be related to official acts during his term in office?” The issue is for the colonel The Court is, of course, unprecedented, as no former president has faced anything similar.
The Supreme Court has previously ruled that presidents are shielded from civil liability for official acts, and Trump’s lawyers have argued for months that those protections should extend to criminal prosecutions. However, lower courts had previously rejected that claim until the matter reached the highest court because the appeals court rejected Trump’s request for a stay.
Now this Supreme Court decision is a short-term victory for Trump because it means that the trial, originally scheduled for early March in the capital, could be delayed until late summer or even after the November 5 election.
Reacting to the ruling via her digital platform Truth Social, she said: “Legal scholars are extremely grateful for the Supreme Court’s decision today to address presidential immunity. “Without presidential immunity, a president will not be able to function properly or make decisions in the best interests of the United States,” the former president wrote.
But in conversation with LA RAZÓN, the constitutional lawyer Rafael Cox explains that the measure is not strange considering that “during his term, Trump was responsible for appointing three conservative justices who changed the balance of the court,” and now, according to the expert, the justices appear in the narrative about how this happened to play in his favor The case can be extended largely in a way that does not affect his ability to return to the White House.
Trump – who leads Republicans in voting intentions – has argued that the case is clearly “election interference” and that a trial this year would affect his ability to run a political campaign. An example of this is that today, as he travels to Texas today for a campaign event on border issues, he is checking the amount of documents against the clock in New York, just for this case out of four that are tracking the businessman.
In total, his trials include 91 charges. These allegations are related to his efforts to remain in power after losing the 2020 presidential election Joe Biden and other alleged misconduct involving the withholding of classified documents and hush money payments to an adult film actress.
On the other hand, the former president has suffered a new setback in his electoral calendar. His defense has appealed an Illinois judge’s ruling that barred him from the state’s Republican primary.
Cook County Circuit Judge Tracie Porter, an elected Democrat, concluded in her ruling that Trump is barred from holding public office under the 14th Amendment due to his involvement in the January 6, 2021 insurrection. The case joins cases from Colorado and Maine that are still pending similar decisions.
The Illinois Republican primary is March 19. Ballots have already been printed and early voting is already underway. This week’s unexpected court decision calls into question whether votes cast for Trump will be counted.