CNN: The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer: 'George Conway Predicts How Supreme Court May Rule On Donald Trump’s Presidential Immunity Filing'

Source:CNN legal analyst George Conway.

"Conservative lawyer George Conway, Supreme Court reporter Joan Biskupic and senior political commentator Gloria Borger join CNN's Wolf Blitzer to discuss former President Donald Trump's ongoing legal battles." 

From CNN

For the 100th time, perhaps just in 2023 alone, I'm not a lawyer, but I agree with George Conway who is a longtime Washington lawyer in the Republican Party. The Supreme Court will take Donald Trump's immunity case and perhaps rule on it in February. 

I think the question in Donald Trump's immunity case is where do any former U.S. President has presidential immunity from prosecution in criminal cases, even for actions that they committed while they were President. 

I think the answer to this presidential immunity question is obviously no, for the simple fact that we are a constitutional, federal republic and we have a liberal democratic, federal form of government. And a big part our our constitutional system is that no one is above the law, no one is below the law, including the most powerful people in the country, including the most powerful person in the country, the President of the United States. 

And I'll give you another prediction as a non-lawyer. The Supreme Court will rule against Donald Trump's immunity claim, but as Joan Biskupic said in the CNN video, they'll allow for Donald Trump's lawyers to ,make other defenses in his Washington trial. 

The reason why I believe the U.S. Supreme Court will rule against Donald Trump's immunity claim and I don't think it will be close, perhaps just Clarence Thomas rules in favor of Trump, if he doesn't recuse himself from the case, but the reason why I believe this, is I have a hard time believing that there are 5 Republicans on the Supreme Court, who believe that Joe Biden, or any other future Democratic President, should have presidential immunity from criminal prosecution, which is exactly what will happen if DJT wins this. 

The other reason why I believe SCOTUS will rule against DJT is a practical one.  If DJT were to get immunity here, the President and future President's would just be able to order his cabinet members and other executive officials to take actions that he knows are illegal and unconstitutional, knowing that he can't be prosecuted and telling his people essentially, don't worry about it, he'll pardon them, even if they're caught. 

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