I have a question about TFG's immunity case at SCOTUS...

[Trueblue Texan]

Let's say SCOTUS doesn't deliver their ruling until right before or shortly after the election and the trial can go forward. Even if Trump wins the election, he wouldn't be inaugurated until Jan 20, 2025. Could TFG be tried in the interim period between the election and inauguration if things move rapidly through the courts? What would happen then, if he were to be convicted?

[TwilightZone]

1. SCOTUS usually recesses in June.

The latest they'd be likely to deliver the ruling would be just before they recess.

[Walleye]

2. Aren't challenges and appeals usually made after the verdict? How is he allowed to appeal it now?

I don’t know I’m not a lawyer

[onenote]

5. He challenged the court's order denying his motion to dismiss the case on immunity grounds.

While in most instances, a defendant cannot bring an "interlocutory" appeal of the decision on a pre-trial motion -- for example, decisions on the admissibility of evidence -- there are exceptions, and decisions concerning a defendant's immunity from suit or lack thereof are one such exception. The rationale is that immunity is not meant to protect someone from being convicted, it is meant to prevent one from even standing trial. So, immunity issues have to be resolved before the trial commences.

[Trueblue Texan]

6. So I'm saying...

...what if he is convicted AFTER he wins (God forbid), but BEFORE he is inaugurated?

[TSExile]

7. What makes anyone think he'd wait until January???

He'd be camped out right outside the WH on Election Day, whether he wins or not.

[Walleye]

10. Never thought I would live to see this great republic I love brought to its knees by one man

I guess we have the answer to Ben Franklin’s question now. We can only keep it for so long when we have so many traitors within

[onenote]

8. He'd be inaugurated.

It won’t matter if he was convicted after he’s elected but before the electoral college voted or after — he’d be inaugurated. And he’ll appeal his conviction in any event.

[Walleye]

9. Thank you, very nicely explained. That clears things up for me.

That orange moron sure has a lot of gimmicks

[Shrek]

3. He would pardon himself immediately after completing the oath n/t

[CANADIANBEAVER69]

4. I don't understand how one pardons oneself

Why didn't Nixon do it? Or TSF do it prior to being dragged out of office kicking and screaming. I do really want to know.

[Shrek]

11. Nixon hadn't been charged with anything

And at the time he left office, Trump hadn't either.

Now that he's facing multiple federal indictments, a self-pardon could be on the table.

[CANADIANBEAVER69]

12. That seems very odd.

He may as well just have blanket immunity then. I can do anything I want, because I will just pardon myself?

[Zeitghost]

13. Pardons do not require charges

They can be granted prior to that.