Chris Truax in The Hill
Writing in The Hill, Charter Member Chris Truax addressed the Supreme Court’s handling of Donald Trump’s “absolute immunity” claim:
The Supreme Court likes to claim it ignores politics. But politics isn’t going to ignore the Supreme Court.
Now that Donald Trump’s New York hush money trial is over, the big question is whether the former president will face trial in federal court before the November election. The case arising from his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election was set to go to trial back in March; Trump managed to avoid that trial date by claiming that presidents have absolute immunity from prosecution, a claim that is now before the Supreme Court.
Whether Trump will once again find himself sitting in a courtroom before voters make it to the polls depends on how and when the court issues its decision.