While FL judge plays 'death ball' — DC courts’ 'lightening speed' offers hope: ex-prosecutor
In an op-ed for msnbc.com earlier this week, former prosecutor Joyce Vance wrote, "At a minimum, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, which will hear oral arguments on the Trump immunity matter on Jan. 9, should render a prompt decision."
Katie Phang spoke with Vance Sunday about her thoughts on the speed by which the DC Court of appeals has moved," pointing out "the fact the supreme court declined to take up the presidential immunity issue before the DC circuit court of appeals rules."
However, Phang asked, "Why is it that we haven't seen more speed from the supreme court [regarding Trump's immunity], yet we just did over the Colorado Supreme Court decision to take Trump off the ballot?"
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Vance replied, "So I think this is the key question because Trump's overall strategy is one of delay, get everything past the election, hope that you win, and you can resolve everything from the Oval Office in your favor. And I think it's been a little bit baffling to watch some of the judges like Aileen Cannon and the Florida Mar-a-Lago-related criminal prosecution, where she has been playing slow ball — I think some people would call it death ball — while trying to keep that case from going anywhere. What we're see now in Washington is very hopeful. To people who aren't lawyers, I think the speed at which courts move is mystifying — extremely slow. What we've seen in these last couple of weeks has been lightning speed, out of both of these courts."
The University of Alabama law professor continued, "The court of appeals set the immunity argument on a fast-racing schedule of quick oral arguments that happens Tuesday. You know it's very interesting that the supreme court declined to take that case out of order, Katie. And I think we have to wonder — we can't resolve this yet — whether the supreme court might look at the decision that comes out of the court of appeals following Tuesday's hearing, and perhaps they'll decide to just sign off on that decision without re-hearing the case themselves. The issues are novel in one sense, but not particularly difficult. The supreme court may be happy to let a lower court take it while they chew on these very difficult pressing issues involving the 14th amendment, and whether Trump can be on the ballot in the state of Colorado, and perhaps elsewhere."
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While FL judge plays 'death ball' — DC courts’ 'lightening speed' offers hope: ex-prosecutoryoutu.be
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