Now Michael Dreeben, a veteran Supreme Court advocate who is representing special counsel Jack Smith, will take his position behind the lectern to address the court.
Dreeben will argue that nothing in the nation’s history or law suggests that a former president should have immunity from prosecution. If his written briefs are any indication, Dreeben will attempt to drive home the broad point for the nine justices that no one – not even former presidents – are above the law.
Like Trump’s attorney, Dreeben will speak for about two minutes uninterrupted and will then begin fielding questions from the justices.
Dreeben has argued more than 100 cases before the Supreme Court.
Dreeben became among the nation’s foremost authorities on criminal law during more than three decades with the solicitor general’s office, the section of the Justice Department that handles appellate cases on behalf of the federal government.
It’s not Dreeben’s first run representing a special counsel. In 2017, Dreeben he joined special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
In often-told story underscoring his fluency with the high court and its members, Dreeben argued his first case in 1989. The opposing lawyer in the case was John Roberts, who would go to become chief justice.
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