Trump is accused of overturning the results of the 2020 election. After the election results, on January 6, 2021, Trump supporters stormed Capitol Hill. An appeals court has accepted that he can be prosecuted for his actions in the White House on January 6, 2021.
A federal appeals court has also rejected Trump’s claim that he has ‘statutory immunity’ to avoid lawsuits. Statutory immunity actually occurs in a situation where a person or entity cannot be held liable for violating the law.
Trump now has two options. The first is that he should challenge the appeals court’s decision directly to the Supreme Court. Or he should appeal for its review. If he goes to the Supreme Court, the case could be resolved quickly. And the decision may not be in his favor. But if he goes to the appeals court, the hearing could take time and that would only benefit Trump.
It is believed that if Trump approaches the appeals court, the case is likely to go to the bench of Indian-origin Judge Sri Srinivasan. Judge Sri Srinivasan is the Chief Justice of the DC Court of Appeals. It is considered the highest court in America after the Federal Supreme Court. This is because the capital Washington falls under its jurisdiction and most of the constitutional cases are heard here.
Who is Judge Sri Srinivasan?
Sri Srinivasan was born on February 23, 1967, in Chandigarh. He comes from a Tamil family. His family came to America when Srinivasan was 4 years old.
His family shifted to Kansas City. His father was a mathematics professor at the University of Kansas. Srinivasan graduated from Lawrence High School in 1985. He studied law at Stanford Law School. During his studies, he was also the editor of the Stanford Law Review.
He took his oath on the Bhagavad Gita
He began his career in 1995. In 1996, he did a one-year fellowship in the Office of the Solicitor General of the Department of Justice. From 1997 to 1998, he clerked for Justice Sandra Day O’Connor of the US Supreme Court.
From 2002 to 2007, he was an Assistant Solicitor General. He was also the Principal Deputy Solicitor General of the United States from 2011 to May 2013.
In May 2013, he was appointed as a judge to the US Court of Appeals in the Obama administration. At that time, he took the oath on the Bhagavad Gita. He was appointed as Chief Justice in February 2020.
