Trump asks US supreme court to keep election interference case frozen

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : That effectively foreclosed Trump from pursuing an "en banc" rehearing - which is where the full bench of judges at the DC circuit would reconsider the decision of the three-judge panel - since pre-trial proceedings under Chutkan would resume while he waited for the DC circuit to weigh in.
44% : The speed with which the supreme court moves has become important because Chutkan has promised Trump that he would get the full seven months to prepare his trial defense that she envisioned in her original scheduling order that set the 4 March trial date.
42% : Trump has made it no secret that his strategy for all his impending cases is to seek delay - ideally beyond the 2024 election in November, in the hopes that winning a second presidency could enable him to pardon himself or direct his attorney general to drop the charges.
40% : For months, Trump has attempted to advance a sweeping view of executive power - that he enjoyed absolute immunity from prosecution because the conduct charged by the special counsel Jack Smith fell within the "outer perimeter" of his duties as president.
39% : How the court moves next could decide whether Trump will go to trial on the federal election interference case before the 2024 presidential election.
37% : The panel ruled that Trump needed to petition the supreme court by Monday to keep the stay in place.
32% : The concern in recent days among the Trump legal team has been whether the supreme court would agree to keep the case frozen while Trump made his final appeal, the person said.
29% : Ex-president met deadline imposed by federal appeals case to keep the criminal case on hold as he prepares a last-ditch challengeLawyers for Donald Trump asked the US supreme court Monday to keep on hold the criminal case over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results while he prepares to challenge a recent appeals court ruling that found he was not immune from prosecution.
10% : Trump was forced to appeal directly to the supreme court, instead of making an intermediary challenge that would cause further delay, after the DC circuit panel issued parameters on how Trump could use further appeals if he wanted the case to remain frozen.
5% : Recent public polls have shown that voters would be more inclined to vote for the Democratic incumbent Joe Biden, who defeated Trump in 2020, if Trump was convicted in this case.

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