Some observers maintain that the Supreme Court's ruling earlier this year on presidential immunity may have wrecked Special Counsel Jack Smith's criminal case against former President Donald Trump.

Yet Smith isn't the only anti-Trump prosecutor to be impacted by America's highest judicial body, as the Supreme Court just issued a deadline to Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. 

Supreme Court ruling cited by former White House chief of staff

According to Newsweek, Willis has until September 30 to respond to an appeal made by former Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows.

Meadows was one of over a dozen individuals including Trump himself who were indicted on racketeering charges over their behavior following the 2020 presidential election.

He claims that his actions are immune from prosecution as they were carried out as part of an effort by Trump to conduct official duties.

While the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals previously rejected an earlier attempt by Meadows to remove his case from Georgia's legal system, he cited Supreme Court's immunity ruling in his petition for a writ of certiorari last month.

Ruling creates presumption of immunity for official acts

The decision saw Chief Justice John Roberts declare that a president "may not be prosecuted for exercising his core constitutional powers."

Roberts noted that although a president can face prosecution for unofficial acts, he "is entitled, at a minimum, to a presumptive immunity from prosecution for all his official acts."

The chief justice further stressed that this "immunity applies equally to all occupants of the Oval Office, regardless of politics, policy, or party."

Paul Clement serves as Meadows' lawyer, and he wrote in the petition that this "decision makes clear that federal immunity fully protects former officers."

"And provides not just a substantive immunity but a use immunity that protects against the use of official acts to try to hold a current or former federal officer liable for unofficial acts. All of those sensitive disputes plainly belong in federal court," he added.

Assistant district attorney sought delay

Meanwhile, Newsweek noted that Assistant Fulton County District Attorney F. Donald Wakeford had requested that the Supreme Court grant a delay until September 30.

Wakeford cited "numerous other professional commitments" along with "a previously scheduled period of personal leave between August 23 and September 3, 2024."

"In light of these conflicts, the requested extension will assist in ensuring that the undersigned has an adequate opportunity to review and respond to the petition for a writ of certiorari and will better enable preparation of a response that will be most helpful to the Court," he added.