Jackie Calmes: We can't count on the courts to hold Trump accountable before November. It's up to us
Well, my fellow Americans, it's up to us to hold Donald Trump accountable at the ballot box. We can't count on the courts before election day.
This was supposed to be the opening week of Trump's Jan. 6 trial, the first ever of a former president facing criminal charges, for his unprecedented attempt to overturn a U.S. election and remain in power. A verdict could have come down well before November.
But there is no trial today in Washington, thanks to the Republican-super-majority Supreme Court, one-third of whose last week to spend months considering Trump's spurious claim of absolute immunity from criminal charges will likely postpone the Jan. 6 trial so long that a verdict before Nov. 5 is .
