The U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Colorado's disqualification of Donald Trump from the ballot, and the timeline in that case makes one legal expert optimistic the former president might stand trial in a criminal prosecution before the November election.
The court overturned a ruling by the Colorado Supreme Court removing the former president under the 14th Amendment's insurrection clause, and legal analyst Chuck Rosenberg told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that he remains confident the high court will reject Trump's immunity claim in time to try him in the Jan. 6 case before ballots are cast.
"The argument in the Supreme Court on the question of presidential immunity for a criminal process is April 22," Rosenberg said. "The Supreme Court term ends at the end of June, so we will certainly have a decision, or we should have a decision by the end of June, though it could be quicker. The decision in the case we were just discussing, the 14th Amendment clause, took four weeks. No later than the end of June, we should have a decision."
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"I'm still bullish," Rosenberg added. "I may be the last person on the planet who believes this case could be tried before the election, the Jan. 6 insurrection case in federal court in Washington. The sooner the Supreme Court makes a decision, the clearer it will be, whether or not we can have the trial."
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