'Every passing day further delays a potential trial,' said Leah Litman, a former law clerk for Justice Anthony Kennedy.
Amid Donald Trump's presidential immunity claim, the U.S. Supreme Court has lost the 'benefit of the doubt' by not ruling more quickly, Leah Litman, a former law clerk for Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, said Wednesday.The former president has sought to use the presidential immunity defense to shield himself from a plethora of criminal and civil challenges.
In late February, the justices agreed to hear Trump's presidential immunity claim and oral arguments took place at the end of April.'Nearly two months have passed since the justices heard lawyers for the former president and for the special counsel's office argue the immunity case,' she said. 'The court is dominated by conservatives nominated by Republican presidents. Every passing day further delays a potential trial...at this point, even if the court rules that Mr.
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