Earlier in the present day Attorneys Basic for 19 states filed a brief at the USA Supreme Courtroom to halt Jack Smith’s transfer to avoid the appeals course of in his prosecution of President Trump.
Missouri Lawyer Basic Andrew Bailey posted the information on X.
BREAKING: Now we have filed a short at the USA Supreme Courtroom to halt Jack Smith’s transfer to avoid the appeals course of in his prosecution of President Trump.
The DOJ’s try and speed up the prosecution is blatantly partisan, and SCOTUS should reject it. pic.twitter.com/kJw2krar6U
— Lawyer Basic Andrew Bailey (@AGAndrewBailey) December 21, 2023
Former Ronald Reagan Lawyer Basic Edwin Meese joined regulation professors Steven Calabresi and Gary Lawson in submitting an amicus temporary — an neutral advisory assertion — to the Supreme Courtroom.
Former AG Meese makes the surprising declare that Jack Smith didn’t purchase his purported authority as particular counsel in a authorized or constitutional method and, subsequently lacks standing to symbolize the USA in entrance of a federal court docket.
The Western Journal reported:
On Nov. 18, 2022, Lawyer Basic Merrick Garland appointed Smith as particular counsel to harass Trump and others over their objections to the presidential election of 2020.
On Aug. 1, the previous president and main GOP contender within the 2024 presidential race was indicted on 4 felony fees associated to his election challenges and the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol incursion.
Final week, Smith submitted a petition to the Supreme Courtroom for a writ of certiorari asking the justices to rule on the query of presidential immunity. May Trump be prosecuted for “crimes dedicated whereas in workplace”?
The phrase “alleged” ought to now seem earlier than the phrase “particular counsel” in Smith’s case as a result of Meese and his colleagues questioned the very validity of Smith’s appointment.
In accordance with Edwin Meese and his co-authors Jack Smith has no enterprise earlier than a federal court docket.
In his conclusion, Meese said this:
“Smith is a contemporary instance of the bare emperor. Improperly appointed, he has no extra authority to symbolize the USA on this Courtroom than Bryce Harper, Taylor Swift, or Jeff Bezos. That truth is ample to sink Smith’s petition, and the Courtroom ought to deny evaluate.”
Right here is Edwin Meese’s amicus temporary — an neutral advisory assertion — to the Supreme Courtroom.