#MarkMeadows seeks #SCOTUS intervention in bid for #immunity from #Georgia #ElectionInterference prosecution
#Meadows’ lawyers say they’ve asked the #SupremeCourt this weekend to take up his bid to move the GA #ElectionSubversion prosecution against him to #FederalCourt, where the fmr WH chief of staff to #Trump would bring arguments that he is entitled to immunity from the charges.
#criminal #law #RICO
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/28/politics/mark-meadows-supreme-court-election-interference-georgia/index.html
…The US #11thCircuit Court of Appeals said last year that the #Georgia prosecution against #MarkMeadows should move forward in #StateCourt, concluding that fmr federal ofcls are not covered by that statute “removing” state cases against govt ofcls to federal court. Chief Judge William Pryor’s opinion for the court also said that “the events giving rise to this #criminal action were not related Meadows’s official duties.”
Since that December ruling, #MarkMeadows has obtained multiple #extensions on his deadline to ask #SCOTUS to review the dispute. In the meantime, the high court’s conservative majority handed down the #immunity ruling earlier this month that said #Trump had at least “presumptive” immunity for any of his *official acts* as president that were targeted in the federal #criminal charges brought by #SpecialCounsel #JackSmith.
Is the argument here that because tRump has immunity, him asking Meadows to break the law, there are transitive properties to that order? So a Prez can confer immunity to anybody??
HOLEY-SHITE!!!
@jmccabe from the reporting (I couldn't find the actual submission, maybe it's just too new) it's not sounding like the argument is over immunity.
That's just a side note, saying that while this isn't about immunity, it has some similar considerations related to actions.
But right, there's a general principle that states can't prosecute federal issues because the federal government must be superior to the states. That includes official acts of a president since he'd be acting on behalf of the federal government.
Imagine if Texas had the ability to take down the federal government by arresting Biden. That's why states can't prosecute presidents, and why this removal process exists.
@volkris @Nonilex
I realize Meadows is trying to get the trial into the Fed Courts, but it's the invocation of the immunity ruling that scares the beejeezus out of me.
Anything the Prez does can't be touched by State Courts?? 😱