Takeaways from the scathing appeals court ruling denying immunity to Donald Trump

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : If Trump does not appeal the ruling, the case would be sent back to the trial-level court in Washington, DC, as soon as next week, for pre-trial proceedings to resume.
43% : The justices determine how long the Justice Department will have to respond to any Trump petition, how long Trump has to respond and controls when it would make any ruling.
39% : "The panel describes Trump as using his seat of power to "unlawfully overstay his term as President and to displace his duly elected successor," all which would violate "generally applicable criminal laws.
38% : Perhaps to speed things along, the appeals court established a six-day schedule for Trump to respond to Tuesday's ruling, giving Trump until February 12 to file an emergency request with the Supreme Court to ask for the case to be put on hold to hear his appeal.
37% : It's not certain how long the Supreme Court could take to consider such a request or an appeal, which would come as special counsel Jack Smith seeks to bring Trump to trial.
34% : Trump has pledged to appeal and has until Monday to ask the Supreme Court to temporarily block the ruling to delay his case again from heading to trial.
32% : The appeals court pointed to past presidents to refute Trump.
28% : "This part of the ruling was especially notable because the same court had avoided weighing in on Trump's January 6 actions in appeals of lawsuits against him, and even the trial-level judge, Tanya Chutkan, hasn't yet assessed the specific allegations against Trump.
23% : Trump argues that presidents might be more hesitant to act if they were concerned about the prospect of criminal charges.
15% : Trump's behavior after the 2020 election could be criminalThe judges were clear that the charges against Trump are serious and left no question they believe they can be prosecuted.
13% : A federal appeals court said Tuesday that Donald Trump is not immune from prosecution for alleged crimes he committed during his presidency, flatly rejecting Trump's arguments that he shouldn't have to go on trial on federal election subversion charges.
13% : "During the impeachment trial in 2021, several Republican senators who voted to acquit Trump, including Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell, said they were doing so because the courts and justice system could still hold Trump accountable.
7% : The cases are entirely separate - this is a criminal prosecution against Trump, and the upcoming Supreme Court case is a civil attempt to remove Trump from state ballots.
5% : The judges noted that Gerald Ford issued a full pardon to Richard Nixon after Nixon's resignation, and that Bill Clinton cut a deal including paying a fine and temporarily giving up his law license to avoid possible criminal charges while an independent prosecutor investigated him.

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