But a majority of Supreme Court justices appear ready to hand the former president an immediate victory.
Still, the Supreme Court justices do not appear likely to dismiss the former president's claims quickly, raising the likelihood that Trump may not face trial for trying to overturn the 2020 election before November.
He drew his arguments from an earlier Supreme Court case that mapped the line for presidential immunity in civil matters.
The Supreme Court weighs Trump's immunity claim.
It is possible that the Supreme Court could rule that a more detailed review of Trump's conduct is best left to a lower court.
Persons:
Donald Trump, —, Trump, Jack Smith, Trump's, you've, Brett Kavanaugh, Sauer, Kavanaugh, Tanya Chutkan, Smith, Joe Biden, it's, John Sauer, Jabin, Samuel Alito, Alito, Amy Coney Barrett, Barrett, Michael Dreeben, Dreeben, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Jackson, John Roberts, Jackon, Justice Alito, Roe, Wade, Anthony Kennedy's, Hodges, Neil Gorsuch
Organizations:
Service, Trump, Washington, Getty
Locations:
DC, Dobbs v, Obergefell