No. Not a “simple” evidentiary hearing. SCOTUS’ decision was “on the law”, not the facts. The district court now has the task of making a finding of fact. …testimony, evidence, credibility determinations, a decision whether under the law as now defined(however wrongly) by SCOTUS the facts warrant going forward to a jury trial.
No. Not a “simple” evidentiary hearing. SCOTUS’ decision was “on the law”, not the facts. The district court now has the task of making a finding of fact. …testimony, evidence, credibility determinations, a decision whether under the law as now defined(however wrongly) by SCOTUS the facts warrant going forward to a jury trial.
If SCOTUS had ruled that there was “absolute immunity” for ALL-presidential conduct, then they would have remanded the case for dismissal… or dismissed it themselves.
As Jonathan noted, SCOTUS did not even go into the events of January 6. Why? Because they no evidentiary record.
The worst thing about SCOTUS’ decision (which as I understand it did not let Trump off the hook) is that they took too damn long to decide it. Delay is Trump’s game. We are just have beat Trump so he has to face this music as a former president.
No. Not a “simple” evidentiary hearing. SCOTUS’ decision was “on the law”, not the facts. The district court now has the task of making a finding of fact. …testimony, evidence, credibility determinations, a decision whether under the law as now defined(however wrongly) by SCOTUS the facts warrant going forward to a jury trial.
If SCOTUS had ruled that there was “absolute immunity” for ALL-presidential conduct, then they would have remanded the case for dismissal… or dismissed it themselves.
As Jonathan noted, SCOTUS did not even go into the events of January 6. Why? Because they no evidentiary record.
The worst thing about SCOTUS’ decision (which as I understand it did not let Trump off the hook) is that they took too damn long to decide it. Delay is Trump’s game. We are just have beat Trump so he has to face this music as a former president.
If Joe would only go… sigh.