Is a president immune from prosecution? The Supreme Court will decide.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : To be sure, Griggs is the law, and it does divest the judge of some of her jurisdiction while the matter is on appeal.
48% : In short-circuiting the DC Circuit, in urging the Supreme Court to take the case, Smith contended that it was of "imperative public importance" that Trump's claims of immunity be resolved "as promptly as possible."
43% : No court has ever ruled that the president has a blanket immunity from criminal prosecution.
32% : He wrote: "This case presents a fundamental question at the heart of our democracy: whether a former president is absolutely immune from federal prosecution for crimes committed while in office or is constitutionally protected from federal prosecution when he has been impeached but not convicted before the criminal proceedings begin"So whether Trump can be tried over January 6 is in the hands of our highest court.

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