The U.S. Supreme Court has set April 25 as the date it will hear Donald Trump’s claim of presidential immunity from prosecution on charges related to his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss - the last day of oral arguments of its current term.

The court released its updated argument calendar a week after it agreed to take up the case and gave the former president a boost by putting on hold the criminal prosecution being pursued by Special Counsel Jack Smith. It previously had disclosed which week it would hear the matter but had not given the precise date.

The justices will review a lower court’s rejection of Trump’s claim of immunity from prosecution because he was president when he took actions aimed at reversing President Joe Biden’s election victory over him.

  • Dkarma@lemmy.world
    302·
    8 months ago

    Yeah imagine thinking the 9th and 14th amendments matter… Silly liberals

    • DarkNightoftheSoul@mander.xyzEnglish
      424·
      8 months ago

      is that an echo i hear? echo…echo…echo…

      I don’t suppose you could explain how the 14th amendment works in the relevant case to give the contrary opinion to the unanimous court? I’m with the guy above, they suck and are awful, but not wrong on this one in particular. That you think the 9th amendment is somehow relevant is… telling.

      edit: crickets. Crickets and downvotes. Nope, no hivemind punishing wrongthink here. Nosiree.

        • DarkNightoftheSoul@mander.xyzEnglish
          17·
          8 months ago

          So, explaining how the 14th amendment works or how the 9th is relevant to his case is… beneath you. I’m painfully illogical for asking for an explanation. “the hivemind will downvote you for having a contrary opinion” is a lazy argument(?), despite direct incontrovertible evidence to support my claim.

          I made no arguments, I asked a question and asserted a claim.

          Thank you for deigning to reply, but I reject this as being of very poor quality, and mostly projection.