Don’t blame the Supreme Court if it takes a modest amount of time to rule on and reject former president Donald Trump’s criminal immunity claim. The issue is the kind of nationally important one that the court should address in some detail. Special prosecutor Jack Smith could, and should, have brought the charges a year earlier, not on the cusp of the election season.

To be sure, the justices should still decide the case expeditiously, so that a trial can begin this spring, not this summer. A reasonably quick decision is also needed in the Colorado case about whether states can bar Trump from the ballot as an insurrectionist under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. The justices need to move reasonably speedily on both; if the court acts significantly more quickly in the Colorado case — particularly, if as expected, it rules against Colorado — it could give rise to the speculation that the justices are favoring Trump.

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There’s Time for Supreme Court Rulings on Trump Cases

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14.02.2024

Don’t blame the Supreme Court if it takes a modest amount of time to rule on and reject former president Donald Trump’s criminal immunity claim. The issue is the kind of nationally important one that the court should address in........

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