There’s a fairly simple reason why the Supreme Court refused special counsel Jack Smith’s request to immediately take up former President Donald Trump’s claim of presidential immunity, argued Georgia State law professor Anthony Michael Kreis on MSNBC Friday evening. Simply put, he said, they are scared of appearing to be too harsh on the former president. “Professor, in terms of recent history … the court has taken up a lot of expedited cases since 2019, or even I believe 2018,” said anchor Alex Witt. “I think it’s 20 cases that they have expedited on a variety of matters. Prior to that, I t…