Trump's plan for Supreme Court salvation in criminal cases hits a snag

Donald Trump's tactic for dealing with the numerous criminal charges he faces has largely been to rely on the fact that the Supreme Court will ultimately save him, but that prospect is uncertain and faces steep odds, a report showed on Saturday.

Trump, whom legal experts say has directed legal filings specifically with the conservative Supreme Court in mind, is facing criminal charges in D.C., Georgia, and in New York. With a conservative court including numerous Trump appointees, many have said they understand why the ex-president would take that route.

But his path through the Supreme Court may not be smooth sailing, the Messenger reports.

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"Although he nominated one-third of its justices, former President Donald Trump faces uncertain prospects as he looks to the Supreme Court for help in his ongoing criminal cases," the outlet reported Saturday.

It continued:

"The Supreme Court’s conservative majority includes three jurists nominated by Trump: Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett. But they are still not shoo-ins to side with him. The high court has sided against Trump or failed to take up his arguments in recent cases involving Congressional efforts to obtain his tax returns, the 2020 election, and other topics. The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a case brought by his former 2020 election attorney, John Eastman stemming from a dispute with the Congressional panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol."

The article further notes that legal experts have expressed doubt that Trump can win at the Supreme Court on the current issue he's litigating, which might reach the high court before others: his federal gag order.

"Former Trump White House lawyer Ty Cobb said he does not expect the gag order issue to get to the Supreme Court," the Messenger reported.

“I don't see the Supreme Court ever taking that up, as gag orders are routine and Trump’s status as a presidential candidate is not a legal defense to a gag order any more than if Jeffrey Dahmer had decided to run for president,” he said, according to the news report.

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