SCOTUS Agree To Fast-Track DOJ’s Immunity Query

Courthouse News reports:

The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to review a fast-tracked petition asking if Donald Trump can use his status as a former president to claim immunity from criminal charges related to his effort to overturn the 2020 election.

The order came only hours after Special Counsel Jack Smith asked the justices to expedite consideration of Trump’s presidential immunity claim in his D.C. prosecution for election interference leading up to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. The decision is not an agreement to hear Smith’s case, but rather an agreement to review his petition faster than normal.

Agreeing to consider the petition crosses one major barrier for Smith, who bypassed the appeals court to put the question before the high court. The justices could still decide the D.C. Circuit needs to hear the case first, but there is precedent for skipping that step in significant cases such as this one.

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Breaking: The Supreme Court says it will expedite consideration of the petition from Jack Smith to rule on the question of whether Trump deserves immunity from criminal prosecution for election subversion and instructs team Trump to respond by 12/20, per @JoanBiskupic.

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) December 11, 2023