Interesting. The argument from George Conway and Lisa Rubin here is that the USSC's decline of the request to skip the appellate layer is a sign of TROUBLE for Trump and a sign the USSC actually knows the appellate court will rule (relatively) quickly and will likely thump Trump's argument for immunity. At that point, Trump would likely appeal it back to the USSC at which point they could simply decline to hear the appeal, further cementing judicial consensus by having an identical ruling at the trial and appellate levels -- and at the USSC via their refusal to hear the final appeal. NOT hearing that final appeal after two LOWER courts reach the same conclusion could be construed as MORE support for the argument being ludicrous by implying it isn't worth the USSC's time to bother hearing that final appeal. If they DID hear it, some might construe that to mean the argument is closer to a coin toss.

I hope they're right.


WTH