How Supreme Court justices could save Trump lawyers’ Christmas plans from ‘Grinch’-like activity and still hand Jack Smith a win – By Matt Naham (Law and Crime) / Dec 14, 2023
After special counsel Jack Smith caught everyone’s attention by asking the U.S. Supreme Court to settle Donald Trump’s presidential immunity claims once and for all, the former president’s lawyers bristled that Smith was not only in a rush but also gunning to ruin Christmas in a “Grinch”-like way.
If the justices do what Smith asks on the fast track, there doesn’t have to be a threat to anybody’s holiday plans. Here’s where things stand from a scheduling standpoint.
What the special counsel asked for and how SCOTUS responded
On Monday, Jack Smith made the “extraordinary request” that the Supreme Court grant a writ of certiorari before judgment, with the goal of having Trump’s claims of “absolute immunity” from Jan. 6 prosecution decided by the justices and removing any need for proceedings in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
