asking the supreme court to immediately step in to decide whether former president trump has immunity from prosecution, relating to his actions seeking to overturn the 2020 election. sandra: remains to be seen whether the highest bench will choose to take the case, but the move appears to be an attempt by smith to keep the march trial back on track and block the former president from delaying the trial in the federal appeals court. john: let s go to david spunt, breaking details for us. david. david: sandra, you are right. jack smith, special counsel, does not want to see any delays in this case. he wants this trial to begin and finish before the election. right now he s asking the nine justices, remember, a body that tries to stay away from politics, he s asking them to essentially enter the nerve center of the 2024 presidential election making an emergency appeal to the high court asking the justices to rule that donald trump is not immune from prosecution. he petitio