In a bombshell decision earlier this year, America's highest judicial body found that presidents enjoy presumptive immunity for official acts.

While the Supreme Court's ruling is most relevant to former President Donald Trump, it could also impact one of his former staffers. 

Former White House chief of staff files appeal

MSNBC legal blogger Jordan Rubin noted in July that former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows cited it in a brief filed with the Supreme Court.

Meadows was indicted last year by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis alongside Trump and other defendants on racketeering charges over has conduct following the 2020 election.

While federal district and appeals courts have already determined that Meadows cannot have his case removed to the federal system and have concluded that his alleged actions did not relate to official duties, his lawyers disagree.

In an article published on September 17, Rubin quoted defense attorney Paul Clement as saying that lower court holdings have been "egregiously wrong, wholly unprecedented, and exceptionally dangerous."

Clement insists that "what matters is a federal officer's status at the time of the conduct at issue, not her status at the time the prosecutor or plaintiff gets around to filing suit."

Meadows could be helped by Trump's "coattails"

Meanwhile, Newsweek reported that former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance laid out in a blog post this past weekend how Trump's immunity win could also help Meadows.

Supreme Court could "extend coattails" of Trump's immunity to Mark Meadows https://t.co/fSPMrd308K

— Newsweek (@Newsweek) September 30, 2024

"If the Supreme Court agrees to take this case, it will be a major one, offering the possibility, if the Court is so inclined, that it might extend coattails from last term's grant of broad presidential immunity to Donald Trump to his coconspirators," she stated.

Newsweek also noted that while the Supreme Court had told the state of Georgia to give a response by Monday, that deadline was pushed back due to disruption caused by Hurricane Helene.

A favorable Supreme Court ruling would also help Meadows in Arizona

In his article, Rubin pointed out that Georgia is not the only jurisdiction where Meadows has been indicted, as he faces similar charges in Arizona.

"Arizona falls under a different federal appeals court than Georgia. So if Meadows appeals the Arizona denial, it’s possible that the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals could reach a different result than the Atlanta-based 11th Circuit," Rubin explained.

"But if the Supreme Court takes up Meadows' appeal in the Georgia case, then that could set a national standard applying to both cases — and to the law of removal generally," he added.