NN anchor Kaitlan Collins and legal analyst Elie Honig agreed that the appeals court denial against Mark Meadows is a “very bad signal” for ex-President Donald Trump’s claim of presidential immunity.
News broke Monday that the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals denied an attempt by Mark Meadows to move the Georgia election crimes case against him to federal court.
On Monday night’s edition of CNN’s The Source with Kaitlan Collins, the anchor and Honig argued this is a road map for the Supreme Court to torpedo Trump’s immunity claim:
COLLINS: I think it is a question of whether or not it’s a healing process. But, Elie, Jen makes an important point there that this is bigger than just Mark Meadows. What this could mean for Donald Trump and his immunity claims that we know he’s planning to make not just here, but in other prosecutions as well. And the signals that it is sending to someone like Justice Clarence Thomas, whom ideologically is pretty aligned with Judge Pryor here.
HOENIG: I think you said the exact right word, which is signals. Of course, what the 11th Circuit or any court of appeals or lower court does is not binding on the U.S. Supreme Court, they’re going to do what they’re going to do. But justices absolutely will look at opinions below and evaluate the reasoning, the logic, the strength of the law.
And reading this opinion today — sometimes I’ll read an opinion and go, Oh, this is weak, or I see what the counter is to this. This opinion is meticulous, it’s airtight. This judge, Judge Pryor and the others on the panel, they go through and systematically address and dissect Mark Meadows’ arguments. And you could almost just global search and replace Meadows for Trump here.
News broke Monday that the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals denied an attempt by Mark Meadows to move the Georgia election crimes case against him to federal court.
On Monday night’s edition of CNN’s The Source with Kaitlan Collins, the anchor and Honig argued this is a road map for the Supreme Court to torpedo Trump’s immunity claim:
COLLINS: I think it is a question of whether or not it’s a healing process. But, Elie, Jen makes an important point there that this is bigger than just Mark Meadows. What this could mean for Donald Trump and his immunity claims that we know he’s planning to make not just here, but in other prosecutions as well. And the signals that it is sending to someone like Justice Clarence Thomas, whom ideologically is pretty aligned with Judge Pryor here.
HOENIG: I think you said the exact right word, which is signals. Of course, what the 11th Circuit or any court of appeals or lower court does is not binding on the U.S. Supreme Court, they’re going to do what they’re going to do. But justices absolutely will look at opinions below and evaluate the reasoning, the logic, the strength of the law.
And reading this opinion today — sometimes I’ll read an opinion and go, Oh, this is weak, or I see what the counter is to this. This opinion is meticulous, it’s airtight. This judge, Judge Pryor and the others on the panel, they go through and systematically address and dissect Mark Meadows’ arguments. And you could almost just global search and replace Meadows for Trump here.
