They haven’t botched anything as far as they’re concerned. The court agreed to hear the case so they could delay, that was clear when they didn’t act on the request to expedite.
The fact that they did not immediately respond with “No, the president doesn’t have immunity from criminal prosecution. They are not royalty.” tells us what the eventual outcome will be.
They haven’t botched anything as far as they’re concerned. The court agreed to hear the case so they could delay, that was clear when they didn’t act on the request to expedite.
The fact that they did not immediately respond with “No, the president doesn’t have immunity from criminal prosecution. They are not royalty.” tells us what the eventual outcome will be.
Not necessarily. They could decide they must come to that conclusion, but only after delaying long enough so the answer doesn’t matter.
If they do make that decision then he could still be prosecuted while in office if reelected, which is how the system should work.