‘Deep roots’: Jack Smith’s plea to SCOTUS on Trump immunity urges court to heed Reagan, Nixon, forgo Trump’s ‘dystopian’ take on Constitution

Left to right: Prosecutor Jack Smith of the U.S. waits for the start of the court session of Kadri Veseli

Left to right: Prosecutor Jack Smith of the U.S. waits for the start of the court session of Kadri Veseli’s initial appearance at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers court in The Hague, Netherlands, 2020. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, Pool)/1973 file photo, President Richard Nixon speaks during White House news briefing in Washington. (AP Photo/Henry Burroughs.)/ Republican presidential candidate Ronald Reagan in September 1980. (AP Photo/NewsBase)/Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump attends a campaign rally at Charleston Area Convention Center in North Charleston, S.C., Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/David Yeazell)

Asking the U.S. Supreme Court to deny Donald Trump‘s attempt to stop his criminal election subversion conspiracy trial in Washington, D.C., special counsel Jack Smith argued that not only is Trump’s so-called “presidential immunity” argument unsupported by caselaw with “deep roots” going back more than a century, but his premise also ignores how some of Trump’s own right-wing idols, like former presidents Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan, were treated under the law.

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