Donald Trump opposes the special counsel’s request for the Supreme Court to decide right now whether he has any immunity from federal prosecution for alleged crimes he committed while in office, lawyers for the former president told the justices in court papers Wednesday.
Special counsel Jack Smith asked the high court last week to review a lower-court ruling that Trump, as a former president, is not immune from the election subversion criminal case. Smith in his appeal to the justices asked them to take the rare step of reviewing the issue before a federal appeals court in Washington, DC, weighs in.
But Trump, whose legal strategy in the case so far has largely revolved around attempts to delay the proceedings, told the justices that Smith should not be able to leapfrog over the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit to resolve the critical issue.
The right to a speedy trial is the right of the defense and the prosecution. I hope they reject Trump’s motion.
Do you have anything supporting your claim that the prosecution has a right to a speedy trial?
I heard it from actively practicing lawyers on the Legal AF podcast, and I don’t know which episode. I don’t have a written source to give you.
I really appreciate this exchange. Someone casually makes a claim, someone else requests sources, and the original poster took the time to respond and detail where they heard the info. Great job on all of you. Now I’ll try to add to the conversation.
IANAL but it looks like it’s a defendant’s right. It’s origins seem to be about protecting a defendant from a never-ending or egregiously drawn out prosecution. I think it’s fair to say that it gives both sides tools in this case. It seems pretty obvious to me that the defendant here (orange man) wants to delay and would maybe even decline his right to a speedy trial if offered the choice. Meanwhile the prosecution can press the judges to keep things moving by pointing out that they (the prosecutors and judges) are legally obligated to give the defendant a speedy trial.
and sources:
https://www.justia.com/criminal/procedure/right-to-a-speedy-trial/
https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/amdt6-2-1/ALDE_00012979/
https://www.armfor.uscourts.gov/digest/VB4.htm
I’ve only really heard Popok say the common expression
Justice delayed is justice denied
But its more a global and ethical statement that the defendant and the victim and the People deserve to have and see justice be done.
Not sure if there’s an actual affirmative right per se but its more a reflection that Trump has used his wealth and threatening tactics to escape every legal issue he’s created and so fsr basically gotten away with it all. Any normal person would have long been bankrupted and imprisoned long before he was even starting to be properly investigated abd pursued
Amendment VI: In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.
I think it was in that thing the orange ape man continually wipes his ass with…I think it’s called the Constitution?
(IF) He’s innocent, wats the problem with the 🚬highest🚬 Court in all the land clearing his name once and for all lol?
Why wait? Save the Courts all the meritless appeals
Wasting time that’s why. The longer the delay, the better for him and his campaign of BS lies that people will eat up.
Or more specifically: he’s hoping to run out the clock while simultaneously clinching the GOP nomination and the presidency, at which point he’ll just pardon himself, immediately kicking off a constitutional crisis of pretty fucking epic proportions. And that’s before he kicks off any of the other constitutional crises he’s undoubtedly champing at the bit to kick off as well.
This is actually a legitimate argument that will be used against him in this matter. He can’t have/want it both ways. He can’t want to simultaneously clear his name (as he is the supposed victim in all this) and also argue for a delay in that process.
He can’t not think any other way than two ways. The biggest issue these folks have or purposely misrepresent is that when it comes to anything involving them, it can’t be falsifiable. They have to be able to pivot any which way at any time because none of it is real or evidence-backed.
Its a terrifying and miserable existence as opposed to living in truth and letting reality tell the story instead of having to constantly remember lies and bullshit justifications and running into people you lied or screwed
I knew someone like this, his entire universe was a collection of random lies, and he’d always adapt the story for maximum impact with different audiences. He got a high from it. He lived for that feeling of manipulating people. So unfortunately in my experience, even though he was miserable without the lies, sewing the web of lies was a high point in his life. Normal people would feel sick to their stomachs lying so much, but psychos lack this reaction.
“Do the thing I specifically hired you to do!”
Smith in his appeal to the justices asked them to take the rare step of reviewing the issue before a federal appeals court in Washington, DC, weighs in.
There is nothing rare about the request. It’s called “cert before judgement” and the DoJ used it 10 times in the four years that Trump was president.
It’s most commonly used in a situation like this where the appeal is interlocutory meaning the appeal stops the trial cold while it’s resolved.
Delay, delay, delay.
He knows his ass is toast.
I don’t even think he’s doing this because his ass is toast. He’s doing it because he thinks he’s going to win the election, and if/when he does he’ll just pardon himself. Then the point is moot.
Honestly, if America is a place where someone can commit treason countless times, get elected, and absolve himself of that treason, I really don’t want to be here anymore.
