According to an expert, the Supreme Court’s recent decision is a victory for Trump, as it postpones the former president’s trial on election fraud allegations for another 3-5 months.
The US Supreme Court takes on the former president Donald Trump’s claims that he is immune from prosecution in a case involving attempts to reverse the 2020 election loss.
Earlier, the appeals court rejected Trump’s claims of immunity from prosecution and stated that there is no basis for that interpretation either in precedents, history or the constitution. Trump appealed the decision to the Supreme Court.
Trump has repeatedly insisted that the president must have full legal immunity to carry out his duties without “fear of punishment.”
The Supreme Court will hear the parties’ positions in April. The court will probably make its decision by the end of June.
The US Congress building was seized on January 6, 2021. The purpose of the seizure was to prevent the confirmation of the result of the presidential election and to keep Trump, who lost the election, in power. According to Trump’s defense, he is entitled to immunity from prosecution because Trump was president at the time of the events.
Professor of Law at the University of Texas Steve Vladeck says CNN’s in an interview that the Supreme Court’s recent decision can be considered a victory for Trump, even if the Supreme Court decides in time that Trump does not have immunity from prosecution. I did this because the congressional takeover trial will be postponed again for 3-5 months.
– It’s a pretty big win for Trump, even if he ends up losing the case, Vladeck said.
If the Supreme Court had refused to take into consideration Trump’s claimed immunity from prosecution, Trump’s trial regarding election fraud allegations would have returned to a lower court level, which would probably have resolved the case before November, when the presidential elections are held in the United States.