Supreme Court Says No to Fast-Tracking Trump's Immunity Claim

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🗓️ 28 December 2023

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There is both concern and confusion over exactly what it means that the US Supreme Court refused to accept review - on an accelerated basis - of Donald Trump's (baseless) claim of absolute presidential immunity from prosecution. Glenn does a deep dive on what this Supreme Court decision means; what it doesn't mean; and the reasons he thinks the Supreme Court will ultimately reject Trump's claim that a president can commit any and all crimes while in office with complete protection from being prosecuted.

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0:00.0	It's time for Justice Matters with former federal prosecutor and MS NBC analyst Glenn Kirchner. The Supreme Court has declined to review Donald Trump's immunity claim on an expedited basis.
0:21.5	Glenn says this might actually be good news. So friends, welcome to my
0:27.0	vacation. You know when I saw the new reporting about the US Supreme Court rejecting Special Counsel Jack Smith's claim
0:36.2	to take up Donald Trump's BS absolute immunity claim and it is pure B.S. We're going to talk about why in a minute.
0:48.0	But when I saw that news break and I saw so many questions pouring in so much concern, probably a good bit of confusion
0:56.4	about what it all means. I really felt like I wanted to jump on and do a quick Justice
1:01.9	Matters video so if you'll bear with me we're going to kind of
1:06.1	roll through this one together and we're going to try to tackle what it means that the
1:11.1	Supreme Court has said you know, we're not interested in
1:14.7	hearing Trump's immunity claim on an expedited basis. It may not be as bad as it seems. But as always, let's start with the new
1:26.4	reporting this from the Washington Post headline, Supreme Court won't expedite ruling on Trump's immunity claim.
1:35.0	And that article begins,
1:38.0	The Supreme Court on Friday said it will not fast-track consideration of Donald Trump's claim that he
1:45.7	is immune from prosecution for actions he took as president a question crucial to whether he can be put on trial for plotting to overturn
1:56.2	the results of the 2020 election. The court's one-sentence order offered no explanation for turning down Special
2:05.2	Council Jack Smith's request for an expedited review which he said was
2:10.7	needed to keep Trump's election obstruction trial on track for early March.
2:15.8	The order can be seen as at least a limited and temporary win for Trump who has actively worked to delay the legal proceedings
2:26.2	against him as he campaigns again for the Republican presidential nomination.
2:32.9	The issue of presidential immunity will likely return to the Supreme Court, but not before a federal
2:38.6	appeals court in Washington reviews a district judge's ruling earlier this month that flatly rejected
2:46.8	Trump's claims. That court has expedited its proceedings and will hold arguments on January 9.
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