Idaho case will test Supreme Court

Plus, Trump appears to be cruising toward Iowa Caucus victory [VIEW IN BROWSER]( MSNBC DAILY Understand today's news [VIEW IN BROWSER]( MSNBC DAILY Understand today's news Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024 THE LATEST [Alternate text] [Trump keeps moving the goalposts on impeachment and immunity]( By Hayes Brown When former President Donald Trump’s lawyers [appeared in federal appeals court]( Tuesday, the odds were already not in their favor. And they seemed to grow slimmer the more they argued their case. At issue was their claim that, as a former president, their client has immunity from the criminal charges that a grand jury impaneled by special counsel Jack Smith brought in an election interference case. The three-judge panel that heard their arguments was [rightly skeptical]( — and at one point used a former member of their client’s defense team to poke holes in their flimsy legal theories. Trump is attempting to make two interlocking farcical arguments in this case. I’ve [previously debunked]( one of them, which posits that to prosecute a president who was acquitted in a Senate impeachment trial would violate the [“double jeopardy” clause of the Fifth Amendment](. The second argument, made by his lawyer John Sauer, is that the former president enjoys a blanket immunity for actions he took in office, one that can be overcome only in the event of a conviction in the Senate. This is a preview of Hayes Brown's latest article. [Read the full column here.](     TOP STORIES [Alternate text] [JESSICA LEVINSON]( [Idaho wants women to be second-class citizens. Will the Supreme Court sign off?]( We've arrived at this legal crossroads because of the impact former President Donald Trump’s judicial appointments have had on abortion laws. [Read more.]( [KEN J. MAKIN]( [Biden was interrupted at Mother Emanuel AME Church Monday. Good.]( It's protesters, not politicians, who keep the history of Mother Emanuel AME alive. [Read more.]( [ZEESHAN ALEEM]( [The clash between Elon Musk, Mark Cuban and Bill Ackman is more than your typical 'X' feud]( It sure looks like America is regressing on what were once uncontroversial diversity initiatives.