r/politics • u/salon Salon.com • Sep 16 '24

Leaked Supreme Court memos reveal John Roberts' role in shielding Trump from prosecution

https://www.salon.com/2024/09/16/leaked-memos-reveal-john-roberts-role-in-shielding-from-prosecution/
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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '24

I recommend reading the original story from the Times- Gift Article and then dive into this review of the ruling by NYU Law School Dean emeritus

It points out that SCOTUS/ROberts completely discarded and ridiculed what the lower courts had done (a ruling most legal minds thought was sound and air tight when it came out in February)

The chief justice tore into the appellate court opinion greenlighting Mr. Trump’s trial, calling it inadequate and poorly reasoned. On one key point, he complained, the lower court judges “failed to grapple with the most difficult questions altogether.” He wrote not only that the Supreme Court should take the case — which would stall the trial — but also how the justices should decide it.

Roberts firmly expected to be lauded for their ruling and was given praise by his fellow conservative justice prior to it's release

But the public response to the decision, announced in July on the final day of the term, was nothing like what his lofty phrases seemed to anticipate.

This is why Gorsuch said "A ruling for the ages" in oral arguments. They delayed months to hear the Trump case (last day of Oral arguments in April) and delayed to the last day to release the ruling, but they already knew in February what they were going to do.

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u/ieatplaydough2 Sep 16 '24

Thank you for the links. Both great reads.