Special counsel – a title without legal powers?
The Supreme Court is hearing Donald Trump’s appeal over claims of presidential immunity from prosecution today, April 25. The former president, however, has another iron in the fire that might trump the Biden/Democrat lawfare effort against him. It’s a bid to disqualify Jack Smith’s appeal on the theory that the special counsel has no legal right to mount it. While not widely reported, the theory is supported by some mainstream legal heavyweights, including a former US attorney general. Court watchers will be on the lookout for any Justice to address this at oral arguments in Trump v. United States.
Reagan’s AG: Jack Smith Immunity Prosecution Unconstitutional
Edwin Meese,* who served as attorney general under Ronald Reagan, filed an amicus brief in the Trump case….
