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The judges also questioned the attorneys about whether they should even render a decision on his claim of immunity and instead allow the case to move forward in the trial court.

Federal appeals court judges on Tuesday questioned former President Donald Trump broad claim of immunity from prosecution for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election that resulted in a chain of events that culminated in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

The all-woman three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said nothing to suggest they would embrace Trump's immunity argument, although they raised several options on how they could rule.

The court could issue a ruling that decisively resolves the immunity question, allowing the trial to move quickly forward, or alight on a more narrow ruling that could leave some issues unresolved. They could also simply rule that Trump had no right to bring an appeal at this stage of the litigation.

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[–] bloopernova@programming.dev -3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

All this is moot.

The supreme court will rule in his favour. 100% guaranteed.

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

If they do than Biden can do the unthinkable. These folks think the Dems are just gonna hand them their dictatorship by transferring power. That will never happen

[–] bloopernova@programming.dev 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Dems are acting helpless to resist the republicans. They won't do a thing. They'll stick to the rule of law even though the judges are corrupt.

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

What I mean is the only move rule of law can make at this point only ensures that either justice is done or that Biden can use the authority to make the necessary changes

Checkmate assholes ♟️

[–] Bridger@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Expect the SC to torture Logic to the point that they can render a decision that gives trump what he asks for but denies the same for biden

[–] modifier@lemmy.ca 6 points 10 months ago

That's tricky though. Once the basis for The Rule Of Law has been dissolved (and we should be clear that, at base, this very concept is on trial), the SC isn't even worth their Robe budget anymore and Biden has no real reason to consult them further. They would be writing themselves out of relevance.

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

There's just no way that doesn't simultaneously and irrevocably disenfranchise or neuter themselves in the process. They're gonna bail on it and defer to whatever Appeals court that has the penultimate say on the matter

[–] bloopernova@programming.dev 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They're not rational actors. They are there to cement the republican party's power over the USA. They absolutely will make conflicting rulings because nobody can stop them.

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I don't think that gets him out of Georgia's RICO case, theres just no way

[–] bedrooms@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah, that's how many of them were installed there in the first place.