Yikes. This was not what I expected would happen!
🚨 BREAKING: Supreme Court has *granted* cert and will consider presidential immunity.
Argument is set for week of April 22, an expedited timeline. pic.twitter.com/JiFQd7BBw1
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) February 28, 2024
I am not a lawyer, but it seems guaranteed that this will delay the D.C. case until end of summer, unless they did not grant a stay at the same time.
More details to come.
Update:
Fairly expedited schedule but I’ve seen faster. Trump has three weeks to file brief on merits. Case won’t be heard for almost two months. If they decide in a month or so, translates to trial, late August or early September approximately. Voting already will have started.
— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) February 28, 2024
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— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) February 28, 2024
Here’s the order.
They seem to not call it a stay, but it sure sounds like the equivalent of a stay, since the D.C. trial cannot resume until SCOTUS rules on this.
Update 2: there will definitely be cake, but of the drown your sorrows variety.
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