Supreme Court's options narrow as Trump loses each appeal

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : From this it followed, said the DC Circuit, that a president who violated criminal laws laid down by Congress could not claim that his status as head of the executive branch gave him a free pass to violate those laws.
47% : In theory, the justices could still slow-walk Trump's case when it comes to them, thus running out the clock before the election.
29% : The DC Circuit was making the point that, by claiming immunity, Trump was trying to set himself up as above the law, thus violating the most basic principle of legality itself.
27% : "Trump claimed that the phrase "the party convicted" implies that the president can only be tried criminally if he was convicted -- and removed from office -- by the Senate.
25% : The court noted that Trump had argued the exact opposite during his impeachment after Jan. 6 -- that if he wasn't impeached or removed from office, he could still be prosecuted criminally.
21% : It just got harder for the Supreme Court to save Donald Trump from criminal prosecution for his involvement with the violence at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
14% : (Richard Nixon was pardoned by Gerald Ford and Bill Clinton signed a deal with the independent prosecutor in exchange for not being prosecuted.)
11% : And the issues are so straightforward that it would be embarrassing for the high court to delay long enough to push Trump's criminal trial until after November's election -- after which, if Trump wins, he could dismiss the charges.

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