'Let's not read anything into that': Trump's Supreme Court case spurs replies from experts

Legal analysts are up in arms Wednesday morning after the U.S. Supreme Court revealed it would accept arguments for Donald Trump's New York state case, which some say should have gone to the New York State Supreme Court instead.

Trump's legal team also submitted a request to the top court in New York, however.

Trump is demanding that the Supreme Court intervene in his sentencing, which is scheduled for Friday, January 10. However, the incoming president claims he's immune from the guilty verdict and enjoys the same immunity protections as a president-elect.

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Former impeachment lawyer Norm Eisen told CNN on Tuesday night, "It was SCOTUS that enabled Trump to dodge accountability for his criminal wrongdoing. Now SCOTUS has Trump's NY appeal—& they may be willing to help him again."

Writing for MSNBC's opinion pages, former federal prosecutor Joyce White Vance had one big question. "This morning, Trump asked SCOTUS to delay his sentencing in a NY state court on Friday. The Judge has already said he won't sentence Trump to time in prison. So why is Trump fighting so hard to keep it from happening?"

Harvard emeritus Professor Laurence Tribe, who taught Constitutional Law, commented, "Predictably, President-elect Trump has asked the Court he has carefully stacked to accord him all the privileges of the office he has yet to occupy. The legal flimsiness of his request isn’t likely to matter much with these Justices. Hope I’m proven wrong, but I’m not optimistic."

Legal reporter Cristian Farias commented, "I really hope Sonia Sotomayor, the circuit justice for the jurisdiction that covers Manhattan, and a former assistant district attorney herself, can inform her colleagues that this is not how any of this works. If anyone can knock some sense into them, it’s her. Maybe."

Senior Lawfare editor Roger Parloff politely asked, "Let's not read anything into the fact that Trump's SCOTUS docket number is ... 666."

Indeed, Trump's docket number in this matter is 24A666. It's the number often associated by Christians as the sign of the Antichrist, cited in The Book of Revelation 13:18.

MSNBC legal analyst Kristy Greenberg posted the GIF of the character Charlie from "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," outlining his conspiracy theories. She remarked, "Judge Cannon trying to find a way to delay Trump’s NY sentencing from Florida."

Reuters crime and justice reporter Brad Heath pointed out: "Can Donald Trump ask the courts to delay his criminal sentencing, then turn around and argue that the delay means it's too late and the case must be dismissed? You bet he can."