Barrett sought middle ground in Trump immunity case. This time Roberts said no

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Chief Justice Roberts often prefers to avoid partisan decisions with careful compromises. Not so with the Trump immunity ruling.

The Supreme Court ended its term divided into partisan blocs, with the Republican appointees ruling in favor of former President Trump's claim of immunity while the three Democratic appointees voiced a bitter dissent. It's exactly the result many critics of the court might have expected, with politics driving the law. It's also what Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has tried hard to avoid—at least most of the time.

Merrick Garland then appointed Jack Smith, a hard-charging prosecutor, as a special counsel to pursue the investigation of Trump for his actions following the 2020 election. Last August, Smith indicted Trump for conspiring to overturn his election loss, and he sought a fast-track jury trial for early this year. He also indicted Trump in Florida for mishandling secret and highly classified documents.

 

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