The Supreme Court has been asked to weigh in on a question that will decide if the former president faces charges for efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/9459554

The Supreme Court has been asked to weigh in on a question that will decide if the former president faces charges for efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

WASHINGTON (CN) — 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.

  • @[email protected]
    4•1 year ago

    I mean, why not? If police are above the law, why shouldn’t the president be? If the Supreme Court justices aren’t held to any standard of accountability, why should the president be? Can’t we, for once, have some logical consistency in this country?

      • @[email protected]
        3•1 year ago

        1. That isn’t an example of “beggaring the question.” You clearly don’t understand the fallacy.

        2. The entire comment is sarcasm.