#Politics BREAKING from #CNN: #SCOTUS agrees to hear #Trump legal immunity claim the week of April 22.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/28/politics/trump-supreme-court-immunity/index.html
#Politics Watching #MSNBC 's legal eagles, they seem to be in a bit of a panic about this. They seem to think that the #SCOTUS #MAGA majority are going to grant #Trump extraordinary powers of legal immunity as a former president.
If so .. I'll just point out that those powers will have been granted to #Biden too.
They also speculated that #SCOTUS could hold their ruling until they recess in late June, essentially assuring that no criminal trial can begin in time to affect the election.
#Politics #Maddow just called today's #SCOTUS #Trump action "bullpucky." She's upset, and so is Chris Hayes.
Lawrence O'Donnell isn't all that upset. He points out that SCOTUS agreed to hear only one issue, tossing all the other claims in Trump's appeal. He also notes that they declined to send it back to the appellate court which would have delayed the matter further.
Lawrence thinks there's zero chance SCOTUS finds a former president has immunity. I disagree.