Barrett pins Trump down on his absolute immunity argumentsAs the second-least senior justice, Barrett sits at the far end of the Supreme Court’s mahogany bench.
That was a notable break from earlier arguments Trump submitted that called for “absolute” immunity on a much wider scale of acts.
A party turns to a private attorney, Barrett hypothesized, “who was willing to spread knowingly false claims of election fraud” to spearhead his challenges to an election.
That appeared to be a reference to former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani, identified by CNN as “co-conspirator 1” in Smith’s indictment.
“This is where someone like Justice Barrett gets to pressure test an advocate’s points,” she said.
Persons:
John Roberts, Amy Coney Barrett, ”, Donald Trump, Barrett, Trump’s, Trump, Roe, Wade, “ We’ve, Steve Vladeck, “, Jack Smith’s, John Sauer, –, Sauer, Smith, Rudy Giuliani, ” Barrett, ” Sauer, Michael Dreeben, ” Dreeben, Ilya Somin, ” Somin, ” ‘, Sonia Sotomayor, quizzing, Biden, Sotomayor, Josh Turner, Turner, I’m, ” Turner, ” Barrett interjected, ’ ”, Beth Brinkmann, litigator
Organizations:
CNN, Center for Reproductive Rights, University of Texas School of Law, Trump, George Mason University
Locations:
Idaho