It has delayed, damaged, and perhaps permanently disfigured the federal case against Trump for what prosecutors have called his attempt to steal the 2020 election.In a 6-3 ruling on Monday, the court set strict guidelines for prosecuting a president, and instructed a lower court to sort through them before starting any trial over his efforts to undo the 2020 election result.In doing so, the court’s conservative majority has effectively ensured Trump will not stand trial for his acts in 2020 before November’s election that could return him to power.This means Trump has now successfully delayed every criminal case he faced but the least serious of the four: his New York hush-money trial, which resulted in a conviction that has had minimal political impact.Monday’s decision, critics say, has made a mockery of the justification from some high-ranking Republicans who opposed impeaching Trump in 2021: The justice system would hold him accountable, they said.
Source: U.S. Supreme Court takes a chainsaw to the most consequential criminal case against Trump | CBC News
