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15 Dec 2023, 12:30 pm by John Ross
Have you heard what Donald Trump has to say about "Deranged Prosecutor" Jack Smith? [read post]
15 Dec 2023, 6:54 am by qbaron
Aziz Huq Writes About Special Counsel’s Move to Take Trump Ruling to Supreme Court qbaron Fri, 12/15/2023 - 08:54 Read more about Aziz Huq Writes About Special Counsel’s Move to Take Trump Ruling to Supreme Court Chicago Sun-Times Aziz Huq President Trump Jack Smith took his case against Donald Trump straight to the Supreme Court. [read post]
15 Dec 2023, 4:00 am by Michael C. Dorf
The big news on Monday was that independent counsel Jack Smith filed a petition with the Supreme Court asking the Court to grant cert to bypass the DC Circuit and review the district court ruling on Donald Trump's various claims of immunity to prosecution for his role in seeking to obstruct and overturn the result of the 2020 Presidential election. [read post]
15 Dec 2023, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Supreme Court agreed to take up a case that could derail hundreds of January 6 felony prosecutions and could also deal a blow to special counsel Jack Smith’s prosecution of Donald Trump. [read post]
14 Dec 2023, 4:35 am by jonathanturley
However, Smith has had an ominous week that could severely complicate his plans for convicting Donald Trump before the election. [read post]
Smith has repeatedly pushed back against any effort to delay the trial, including in his filing to the US Supreme Court. [read post]
13 Dec 2023, 3:42 pm by Frank O. Bowman, III
The resolution authorizing the inquiry specifies no subject matter beyond saying that it can include matters described in a Sept. 27, 2023 memo by Committee Chairs James Comer (R-KY), Jim Jordan (R-OH), and Jason Smith (R-MO). [read post]
13 Dec 2023, 8:17 am by Amy Howe
ShareTwo days after Special Counsel Jack Smith asked the justices to decide quickly whether former President Donald Trump can face criminal charges for conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 elections, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a case that could affect the charges against Trump even if the court ultimately rules that he is not immune from prosecution. [read post]
12 Dec 2023, 4:06 pm by CAFE
In this excerpt from the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance break down special counsel Jack Smith’s petition to the Supreme Court, in the election subversion case against Donald Trump, asking the justices to decide whether a former president is absolutely immune from criminal prosecution for crimes committed while in office.In the full episode, Preet and Joyce discuss: – Trump’s decision not to testify in his defense in the NY civil fraud… [read post]
12 Dec 2023, 2:40 pm by Howard Bashman
“Why Jack Smith Is Taking Trump’s Immunity Claim Straight to the Supreme Court; The special counsel has substantive and procedural reasons for wanting a quick ruling on whether Donald Trump can be prosecuted for his actions as president”: Alan Feuer of The New York Times has this report. [read post]
12 Dec 2023, 5:34 am by Just Security
TRUMP-LEGAL MATTERS Special Counsel Jack Smith petitioned the U.S. [read post]
11 Dec 2023, 7:32 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Politico: “Special counsel Jack Smith is urging the Supreme Court to urgently resolve Donald Trump’s claim that he’s immune from prosecution for charges related to his bid to subvert the 2020 election. [read post]
11 Dec 2023, 1:34 pm by Derek Muller
Jess Bravin and Ryan Barber in the Wall Street Journal: Special counsel Jack Smith asked the Supreme Court to take up Donald Trump’s claim that he is immune from prosecution and can’t face criminal charges related to efforts to… Continue reading The post “Special Counsel Asks Supreme Court to Quickly Rule on Trump’s Immunity” appeared first on Election Law Blog. [read post]
11 Dec 2023, 12:11 pm by Amy Howe
ShareDescribing the case as presenting a “fundamental question at the heart of our democracy,” Special Counsel Jack Smith asked the Supreme Court on Monday to decide early next year, without waiting for a federal appeals court to weigh in, whether former President Donald Trump can be tried on criminal charges that he conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 election. [read post]
11 Dec 2023, 12:00 pm by Barbara McQuade
” In the federal indictment charging Trump with election interference, Special Counsel Jack Smith notes that Giuliani sent this text message “despite still having established no fraud in Michigan. [read post]
Federal prosecutors asked the US Supreme Court on Monday to intervene in the criminal case against former President Donald Trump, which alleges that the former president engaged in election interference during the 2020 US presidential election. [read post]
11 Dec 2023, 10:35 am by Associated Press
Special counsel Jack Smith asked the Supreme Court to take up and rule quickly on whether Donald Trump can be prosecuted. [read post]
10 Dec 2023, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat
”The same day, Federal District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is presiding over the criminal case brought against Trump by Special Counsel Jack Smith, refused to dismiss the charges against him based either on presidential immunity or other constitutional grounds. [read post]
8 Dec 2023, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Prosecutors working for special counsel Jack Smith went further than they did in their indictment in attempting to tie Trump to the riot. [read post]