2024.01.10 外刊双语精读 杰克·史密斯、特朗普和最高法院：申诉备受关注.docx

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JackSmith,TrumpandSCOTUS：Appealinghighly

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Thespecial?counsel?triesa?gambit?tokeeptheJanuary?6th?trial?ontrack

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【1】“TheSupremeCourt”,DonaldTrumptweetedinDecember?2020,“hasachancetosaveourcountryfromthegreatestelection?abuse?inthehistoryoftheUnitedStates.”America’sjustices?declined?pleas?fromMrTrumpandhisalliesto?pilfer?the?2020?electiononhisbehalf.Butasthe?45thpresident?competes?inthe?2024?contest?his?fortunes?mayagainrestonthecourthehelpedshape.

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【2】OnDecember?11thJackSmith,thespecial?counsel?prosecutingMrTrumpfor?extralegal?attempts?to?overturn?thelastelectionafterdozensoffar-fetched?lawsuits?failed,?filed?whathe?acknowledged?wasan“extraordinary?request”attheSupremeCourt.MrSmithaskedthejusticestoresolve“as?promptly?aspossible”whetherformer?presidents?are“absolutely?immunefrom?federal?prosecution?forcrimes?committed?whileinoffice”—aclaimMrTrumphasbeenpushing.Therequestwasfor“certiorari?before?judgment”,arareattempt(morecommoninrecentyears)toshort-circuittheusual?appellate?pathbyaskingthejusticestoweighinbeforethecircuitcourthascompleteditsreview.

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【3】TheSupremeCourtagreedto?hasten?its?consideration?ofMrSmith’srequesthoursafteritwas?filed,givingMrTrump’s?lawyers?untilDecember?20thtorespond.Afteranother?brief?fromMrSmith,thecourtwillthendecidewhethertohearthecase.Ifitdoes,the?oral?argumentcouldbeheldinJanuarywitha?ruling?arrivingbeforeMarch?4th,thescheduledstartdateforMrTrump’s?trial?inthedistrictcourtlessthanamileawayfromtheSupremeCourtinWashington,DC.This?schedule,MrSmithobserved,would?approximate?tothatofthe?accelerated?decisionin?1974?requiringRichardNixontoturnover?tapes?and?documents?related?totheWatergate?scandal.

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【4】TheSupremeCourthassaidthatex-presidents?cannotbe?sued?civilly?foractions?related?totheirofficial?