I suggest reading the link above ndsapper posted *
by jt (2024-02-29 23:28:39)

In reply to: My only problem with this is the April 22 schedule.  posted by Barney68

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I read that and did not really disagree until I heard a
by wpkirish  (2024-03-01 09:59:15)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Cannot reply

commentator last night discussng the idea in my post above.

The Court used its power to skip the Appellate Court under a procedure for cases "such imperative public importance as to justify deviation from normal appellate practice and to require im-
mediate determination in this Court.".

The most recent two examples are the Student Loan Forgiveess and Eviction Moratorium cases. Do you think the immunity decision is any less public importance than those? I obviously do not.

I have not reached the point of thinking the Court did this to help Trump but it is hard to see a justification for the different decisions.
it seems reasonable to me
by jt  (2024-03-01 12:29:54)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Cannot reply

to try and strike a balance between rushing the process as quickly as possible and still providing sufficient time to prepare the arguments.

That said, I am not an attorney and I defer to the legal scholars.

I am not sympathetic to Trump's case at all, in case there is any confusion.
I dont disagree but I think the examples show the idea they
by wpkirish  (2024-03-01 13:08:55)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Cannot reply

should have taken the case when Jack Smith requested it is not as crazy as many seem to think it is. I suspect many posters who think it would have been wrong to take the case then had no issue when it was done for student debt and evictions.

It is one more example of the damage Trump has done to our politics by destroying the trust in all institutions.