re: Special counsel asks Supreme Court to rule quickly whether Trump can be prosecuted

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SCOTUS needs to do what it can to avoid politicizing itself in an election year.

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I don’t see this as a political question—at all. I mean, SCOTUS’ doesn’t even hear political questions.

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It sounds as if you are assuming Trump wins in the Fall.

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That’s what I don’t get. You and the other poster seem to read that presumption into my analysis and I don’t get why.

I simply think the question of whether a former POTUS can be charged for actions taken in his capacity as POTUS should be answered as quickly as possible given the indictments.