The judges also questioned the attorneys about whether they should even render a decision on his claim of immunity and instead allow the case to move forward in the trial court.

The judges also questioned the attorneys about whether they should even render a decision on his claim of immunity and instead allow the case to move forward in the trial court.

Federal appeals court judges on Tuesday questioned former President Donald Trump broad claim of immunity from prosecution for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election that resulted in a chain of events that culminated in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

The all-woman three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said nothing to suggest they would embrace Trump’s immunity argument, although they raised several options on how they could rule.

The court could issue a ruling that decisively resolves the immunity question, allowing the trial to move quickly forward, or alight on a more narrow ruling that could leave some issues unresolved. They could also simply rule that Trump had no right to bring an appeal at this stage of the litigation.

  • Bridger
    83·
    11 months ago

    Expect the SC to torture Logic to the point that they can render a decision that gives trump what he asks for but denies the same for biden

    • modifier@lemmy.ca
      6·
      11 months ago

      That’s tricky though. Once the basis for The Rule Of Law has been dissolved (and we should be clear that, at base, this very concept is on trial), the SC isn’t even worth their Robe budget anymore and Biden has no real reason to consult them further. They would be writing themselves out of relevance.

    • cheese_greater@lemmy.world
      2·
      11 months ago

      There’s just no way that doesn’t simultaneously and irrevocably disenfranchise or neuter themselves in the process. They’re gonna bail on it and defer to whatever Appeals court that has the penultimate say on the matter

      • bloopernova@programming.devEnglish
        31·
        11 months ago

        They’re not rational actors. They are there to cement the republican party’s power over the USA. They absolutely will make conflicting rulings because nobody can stop them.