Supreme Court agrees to weigh Trump's criminal immunity in historic case

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

79% : Trump reacted to the news on Truth Social, writing that legal scholars are "extremely thankful" for the Supreme Court's decision to hear the case.
65% : Regardless of the outcome, the appeal has handed Trump a victory in delaying his original March 4 trial date in the case.
47% : The Supreme Court's order declines to give Trump that opportunity, instead siding with Smith in placing the case on their docket now.
40% : That process would've lasted weeks, if not months, which would've aided Trump in further running out the clock, thereby giving him a chance at returning to the White House and ending the prosecution before a jury could hear the case.
40% : In Washington, D.C., Trump asserts immunity from four federal felony charges that accuse him of conspiring to subvert the 2020 presidential election results, but he has also made similar arguments to defend against his Georgia election interference and classified documents indictments.
40% : Trump, meanwhile, told the justices to hold off on taking up the case now.
39% : "Without Presidential Immunity, a President will not be able to properly function, or make decisions, in the best interest of the United States of America," Trump wrote.
37% : Trump had urged the justices to slam the brakes on his trial but hold off on taking up his immunity claims on the merits until the former president first exhausts his appeal options in a lower court.
36% : Trump pleaded not guilty.
32% : If the conservative-majority court ultimately sides against Trump, as many legal observers expect, it would then allow Smith's prosecution to move forward, providing Trump's judge with a window to still schedule the trial before November's election.
28% : This round, after Trump demanded the Supreme Court delay his trial proceedings, Smith responded by telling the justices they should reject the request.
16% : The high court is reviewing a Colorado ruling kicking Trump off the state's ballot under the 14th Amendment's insurrection ban, and the justices at oral arguments appeared ready to side with Trump.
14% : Trump is now headed back to the Supreme Court, with his criminal defense lawyers this time in the limelight as they argue Trump's federal election subversion indictment should be tossed because he has absolute presidential immunity from the criminal prosecution.
9% : "Commentators across the political spectrum point to the obvious -- the Special Counsel seeks to bring President Trump to trial and to secure a conviction before the November election in which President Trump is the leading candidate against President Biden."

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