Supreme Court Asks Special Counsel to Respond to Trump Presidential Immunity Appeal

Published on February 13, 2024

Chief Justice John Roberts has requested that the Justice Department (DOJ) respond to former President Donald Trump’s attempt to assert presidential immunity in his ongoing Jan. 6-related case in D.C. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit had just rejected President Trump’s attempt to overturn Judge Tanya Chutkan’s refusal to dismiss DOJ’s prosecution based on presidential immunity. Justice Roberts’ Feb. 13 request comes less than a week after the justices heard President Trump’s appeal a Colorado ruling that he was disqualified from appearing on the state’s ballot. With a deadline of Feb. 20, the Court’s request points to a broader urgency for the judicial system to address relatively untested questions of law that could impact the 2024 presidential election....

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