Today the Supreme Court made a momentous decision, one that has significant

implications for the rule of law in this country. At 5 p.m. Eastern, this

afternoon, the Supreme Court agreed to take up former President

Trump's claims of presidential immunity. These are not credible claims. That has

been thoroughly litigated in both Federal district court and federal appellate court.

By nearly deciding to do this though, setting aside whatever the court's final ruling is,

the court has essentially upended the attempt to hold Donald Trump accountable

for his actions to subvert democracy. In fact the court may have ended that

attempt entirely. This decision is also certain to reshape the 2024 presidential race and it will likely play a determinative role in its outcome.

But as much as the significance of this ruling is already apparent,

the full consequences here hinge on the timing.

Now in its ruling tonight, the court said it would hear oral arguments in the case

the week of April 22nd. Now April 22nd

is not close to today and we'll get into why exactly the court didn't choose a date that is a lot sooner than that.

But April 22nd, also on its face, sort of seems pretty far from the November election.

It's not.

Because when you start crunching the numbers and looking at how a trial could

actually time out after the Supreme Court makes its decision here, the window in which

Trump could face trial, the window for that happening before the November election is incredibly small.

The first thing you have to take into account is that the prep time that the judge who is overseeing

this case, Judge Tanya Chutkin, the prep time she allotted

for Trump and his lawyers has been effectively stalled.

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