Donald Trump was a big winner at the Supreme Court on Monday, while the Biden administration suffered a crushing defeat. Despite the initial Beltway reactions, however, it does not mean that the former president was given immunity from prosecution. In dealing with the first-ever prosecution of a former president, the Court, by a 6-3 vote, announced the filter through which a criminal prosecution of this type must pass. That filter will slow things down enough to make a trial before November effectively impossible and perhaps untenable, even with an unlimited amount of time.
It’s called a case of first impression when the Court examines an issue for the first time, as they have here in Trump v. United States. John Roberts, Chief Justice of the United States, wrote the Court’s majority opinion. It says each of Trump’s actions charged as a crime must be…
