dailyloe.com – Donald Trump has a pending Supreme Court petition in a defamation case involving writer E. Jean Carroll. The case stems from a jury’s decision to award Carroll $5 million in damages in 2023. The appeal will address issues related to presidential immunity.
The Supreme Court is not obligated to review the petition. If the justices deny review, Carroll will be unable to collect the awarded damages. If the Supreme Court agrees to review the appeals, it will consider the legitimacy of the damages awarded.
It requires the agreement of four justices to grant a review. The court has no deadline for deciding on these appeals. Trump’s pending petition originates from a case where a jury found he sexually abused Carroll in 1996 and defamed her in 2022.
Trump claims the trial judge wrongly admitted evidence against him. This evidence includes the “Access Hollywood” tape, in which he made controversial remarks. He argues that his appeal allows the justices to clarify important evidentiary issues.
Carroll’s lawyers oppose the review, asserting there is no substantial reason for the justices to intervene. The petition has been pending for several months and has yet to reach the court’s private conference for case consideration. The Supreme Court has repeatedly rescheduled this status update.
The reason for the delay is not clear. The next opportunity for the justices to review the $5 million case is at their conference on May 14. New appeals that the court agrees to review will not be argued until the next term begins in October.
In addition, there is another petition regarding a separate case in which Carroll secured $83.3 million in damages. This petition is described as
