The Supreme Court cannot further delay ruling on Trump's immunity

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Philip Allen Lacovara is a former deputy solicitor general of the United States and counsel to the Watergate special prosecutor. He argued U.S. v. Nixon before the Supreme Court.

On April 25, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments regarding Donald Trump’s claim that he is immune from prosecution for his actions while president on Jan. 6, 2021, and in the weeks leading up to it. By deciding even to hear Trump’s preposterous assertion that he is above the law, the court signaled that it would bend over backward to accommodate Trump and thus, his re-election. The justices reinforced that message by scheduling the hearing on the last day for arguments this term.

Its ruling in the Colorado ballot disqualification case, where the justices disfigured the 14th Amendment to keep Trump on the ballot, came less than four weeks after oral arguments. In Bush v. Gore, the court decided the 2000 election one day after arguments. And in U.S. v.

 

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