US Supreme Court sets April 25 Trump criminal immunity argument

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The U.S. Supreme Court has set April 25 as the date it will hear Donald Trump's claim of presidential immunity from prosecution on charges related to his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss - the last day of oral arguments of its current term.

The court released its updated argument calendar a week after it agreed to take up the case and gave the former president a boost by putting on hold the criminal prosecution being pursued by Special Counsel Jack Smith. It previously had disclosed which week it would hear the matter but had not given the precise date.

The justices will review a lower court's rejection of Trump's claim of immunity from prosecution because he was president when he took actions aimed at reversing President Joe Biden's election victory over him.

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Hi, I'm a mathematician. My career is built on creating, evaluating, and identifying the problems with logical arguments.

Even if the person you're replying to is wrong, their argument is at least cogent; it's entirely possible that the Supreme Court rules against Trump, and there's good reason to believe that they will.

Your comment (the one I am replying to) is a non-sequiter, and is therefore invalid.

Furthermore, even when applying the principal of charitable interpretation, the best argument you could plausibly make relies on a false inference. Specifically: you fail to take into account the fact that the justices were selected for their opinions on abortion, and so their ruling cannot be used to infir that they will always act in the best interests of the GOP.

Please don't be such a doomer asshole; it's unbecoming.

Things the hivemind here does not like:

Knowing how to argue (or even having a vague idea)

Being referred to as a hivemind

Being shown they are wrong/unreasonable

Observing the fact of disagreement downvotes

How does one get into your line of work? It seems we need more of that.

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