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You have to have an appellate court that normally doesnt look at a trial court until its over. but, when you have an issue like immunity, that has to go up the court of appeals before the trial takes place. so these are preliminary issues that require some appellate guidance. appellate guidance takes time. i think this immunity issue is going to have to go to the supreme court of the united states. >> laura: 81% of democrat, chris, believe that trump sudden had should be essentially taken off th...

Immunity from going to trial the first place. you have to havedoes an appellae court that normally doesnt look at a trial court until it is over. when youo have an issue like community, that has toe go up o the court of appeals prefer the trial takes place. these are preliminary issues that require some appellate guidance. appellants guidance takes time. i think this immunity issue will have to go to the supreme court of the united states. >> laura: 81% of republicans t believe trump should be -...

Indictments in various jurisdictions as we start 2024 give us what you are looking at them most of which one of the cases are you looking at most closely which issue are you looking at most closely? >> i have been skeptical from the outset any of the four cases can go to trial prior to the election. in d.c. jack smith wants theyve been halted for the moment to the immunity issue. a panel of three from the d.c. circuit will hear argument this tuesday on the immunity question. it will rule against...

Indictments in various jurisdictions as we start 2024 give us what you are looking at them most of which one of the cases are you looking at most closely which issue are you looking at most closely? >> i have been skeptical from the outset any of the four cases can go to trial prior to the election. in d.c. jack smith wants theyve been halted for the moment to the immunity issue. a panel of three from the d.c. circuit will hear argument this tuesday on the immunity question. it will rule against...

Orders they were granting. it would have been shocking if they didnt. now we have it. your thoughts? >> chris, to your point, it would have been shocking if they didnt grant that here. that having been said, while the timetable is definitely expedited in supreme court land, i want to point out to you and our viewers, how much can happen between now and february 8th, both politically and legally. not only do we have the iowa caucuses and new hampshire, closely following on its heels, but next wee...

Civil war, just one. lots of open questions. the immunity issue before the court now, ultimately before the supreme court now, going to the d. c. circuit, that is an easy case for the courts to decide. this is a more difficult case. in part, because its the most important election law case since bush v. gore, which was a judicial embarrassment. so, jonathan, if this case is a 60 vote for trump, if its the conservatives against the liberals, then it will be viewed as just another power play by th...

Official acts. why the heck wouldnt the president of the united states also be immune both criminally and civilly? you know sols attorney helena habba has concerns that the supreme court right rule against him in an effort to try to show that they are being objective in not favoring him. what do you think the supreme court will do why have the immunity issue that mike was just talking about. trump has also appealed the colorado supreme courts ruling knocking him off the ballot. i think they will...

Both civil and criminal prosecution for officials, why the heck wouldnt the president of the united states also be immune both criminally and civilly? >> jeanine: you know, sol, trumps attorney alina chavez said that trumps concerns thatt the supreme court might rule against him in an effort to try to show that they are being objective and not favoring him. but what do you think the supreme court will do? >> well, on the question of the colorado case, remember we have two different issues, the i...

Put the court at the center of this in two cases." he can, however, if he is going to take both, there is a way to split the baby and for the court to look like it is being even-handed by denying one and granting the other. but i do think this is one where they, i think, will take one of them. thats the disqualification issue. the immunity issue is one where i think everyone thinks, i think, as well, the d.c. circuit is going to rule against donald trump. it is a really strange argument that he ...

Deadline he has. thats his right under the rules. i will say that with respect to the ballot issues, the courts do have very strict deadlines. state courts have strict deadlines as vaughn was saying, with respect to when they have to rule on those issues, 14 days, 20 days, but they could rule faster. and that will take away some of the delay that donald trump is obviously trying to take advantage of now. the presidential immunity issue is most likely to be decided in a way that perhaps doesnt ma...