'Clearing up their calendars': Expert predicts 'lightening fast' timeline in Trump's SCOTUS showdown

As Donald Trump's legal troubles continue to pile going into 2024, the former president has several cases making their way to the US Supreme Court. University of Texas School of Law professor Steve Vladeck, during a Wednesday CNN interview, laid out just how quickly the cases could move.

"As you've been looking at the court, and how they seem to be responding here, do you have any indication — I guess there's two parts to this — is there any question that they are going to take up these issues?" CNN's Erin Burnett asked. "The Colorado case and the immunity issue on January 6 — Jack Smith's situation that Trump's trying to stall right now. And how quickly could these decisions actually occur?"

Vladeck replied, "Sure, I mean, Erin, the first question is easier one — no. I think no matter what, both the immunity question and the Section 3 disqualification question are going to be resolved by the US Supreme Court, certainly between now and June. I think the question is how much faster. And with the US Supreme Court, we could hear from the justices as early as the end of this week, that they're gonna either either take up Jack Smith's expedited appeal in that case, or that they're gonna let the federal appeals court go first. Argument in the federal appeals court is tentatively scheduled for January 9, so that's still pretty quick."

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He continued, "The supreme court, even if it doesn't step in now could presumably hear that case by the end of January, early February. You know, the Colorado case, Erin, is a bit trickier, because the Colorado Supreme Court stayed its own ruling, and that stay means that Trump's name will be on the ballot so long as he files his appeal in the Supreme Court by January 4. I think the US Supreme Court might take a little bit more time with that case. But a little bit more time just means January or February for the oral argument for the decision by March. Erin, by the Supreme Court's standards, that is lightening fast. And I think we've already seen a couple of very small signs that the justices are clearing up their calendars and making provisions to move pretty quickly on both of these cases once they're fully ready to go."

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