A federal appeals court strongly rejected Donald Trump's claims of broad presidential immunity, and MSNBC's Chuck Rosenberg believes that ruling will stand.
A three-judge panel in the D.C. Circuit issued a 57-page unanimous decision that flatly rejected arguments against standing trial in the federal election subversion case, although Trump has vowed to appeal their ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court, but Rosenberg doesn't believe he'll find the necessary four justices willing to hear that case.
"The court of appeals decision was thoughtful and forceful and, I think, solid, and forgive the pun, but unimpeachable," Rosenberg said. "I think that means it will not be reviewed by the Supreme Court, at least not right now. I don't really see a path there."
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"Look, the only party who benefits from delay – the only party – is Mr. Trump, and so whether he gets five justices for a stay or four to grant a petition of certiorari for the Supreme Court to hear the case, that's Mr. Trump's path," Rosenberg added. "I think whether you're a textualist or an originalist, or just a thoughtful, smart justice of the Supreme Court, you read the D.C. opinion. It denies absolute immunity. It counters the notion that double jeopardy was implicated in this case, and the best thing to do, the smartest thing to do, the lawful thing to do is to send this back to Judge [Tanya] Chutkan and let her try it. I hope it's before the election, I think it will be, I think that's very much on the table and in the cards, but I think that's the path forward."
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