Hey, good morning to you. It is Saturday, December the 23rd. I'm Alec Velshi.

The start of a crucial presidential election seasons right around the corner, but a few key

constitutional questions remain unresolved, which could dramatically upend the 2024 race.

With the Iowa caucuses just 23 days away,

some of those issues are finally reaching the Supreme Court's purview, setting up the pivotal

role that the nine justices will play in the months ahead. Yesterday, the Supreme Court denied

Special Counsel Jack Smith's request to fast- track an appeal regarding Donald Trump's claim of

presidential immunity. Now, some background here. Trump's lawyers had argued that Trump's role

in questioning the results of the 2020 election was within the, quote, outer perimeter of his

official presidential duties, and that would provide him with immunity from federal

criminal charges.

Ordinarily, the appellate court would consider the matter since the trial judge, Tanya

Chutkin, had ruled against Donald Trump on the matter, and only after that would the question

be put to the Supreme Court.

But Jack Smith requested that the Supreme Court circumvent the normal appellate process

to quickly decide the question of presidential immunity. It's an important question about the

powers of the presidency that the courts have rarely considered before, but it could determine

whether the criminal election interference cases against Trump in Washington, D.C. and in Fulton County, Georgia,

can move forward on schedule or at all. Now, this decision from the Supreme Court does not mean that

the case against Trump is dead. Far from it. The D.C. Court of Appeals has agreed to expedite this

case, and a hearing is already scheduled for January 9th. The Supreme Court

could still weigh in on the matter of a later date. However, this decision does threaten to delay

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