Reaction to SCOTUS Decision to Hear and Delay the Jan 6 Case
LIz Cheney summarized the views of many who support a speedy trial in the Jan 6 election subversion case. From the reactions and commentary expressed, they don't seem to mind that the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case, but they are deeply troubled by the slow schedule under which SCOTUS will do it.
SCOTUS is hearing it on an expedited basis, the schedule isn't all that "slow".
What was slow was them taking it up.
They should have taken it when the SC sought to have them hear it ... but being reluctant to get involved they didn't take it at that point.
To their credit, they seem to have now foreclosed the possibility that Don Cheeto could seek an en banc hearing from Appeals Court for the District of Columbia.
So that's one less possible delay in the mix.
That schedule makes it highly possible that the lower court will not hear the case until after the election.
That's what everyone seems to be fretting about.
Not so sure that all the worry is valid.
Once this case is disposed of, SC Smith and Judge Chutkin have ways of moving forward expeditiously.
One of Trump's major legal goals is to delay all legal action against him until after the election. The idea is he will win the election and then abuse the powers of the presidency to evade justice by making these cases go away. In that regard, by handing Trump a major delay, SCOTUS handed him a major victory.
Yeah ... don't know that's all that great of hot take.
But it certainly would have been preferable had they taken it up sooner ... or just not granted cert for Cheeto's appeal of the Appeals Court decision.
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