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It seems unlikely that the Supreme Court will embrace Donald Trump’s outrageous claim that as a former president he enjoys absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions that he allegedly took to overturn the 2020 election and cling to power. This is a relief. To do otherwise would allow the office to become, as Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson put it, "the seat of criminal activity in this country." Ominously, however, some conservative justices during Thursday’s oral argument expressed...
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments for Donald Trump’s presidential immunity case.
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments for Donald Trump’s presidential immunity case.
On Thursday, the United States Supreme Court heard arguments on whether Donald Trump is immune from prosecution in the alleged election interference case, which was put on hold in February.Thursday morning, Trump told reporters, "A president has to have immunity," the Associated Press reported."If you don't have immunity, you just have a ceremonial president," he added.The Supreme Court agreed to hear the case and consider "whether and if so to what extent does a former President enjoy...
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How the Supreme Court rules on presidential immunity in Trump’s effort to jettison his federal charges could have some collateral damage: Congress’ impeachment power.
How the Supreme Court rules on presidential immunity in Trump’s effort to jettison his federal charges could have some collateral damage: Congress’ impeachment power.
How The Supreme Court's Immunity Decision Could Limit The Cases Against Trump Authored by Sam Dorman via The Epoch Times, The Supreme Court indicated on April 25 that it would issue a narrow ruling refining the scope of presidential immunity while leaving the details of former President Donald Trump’s other legal battles up to lower courts. The most immediate effect of their decision on President Trump’s legal battles would be to delay his Washington case, where his immunity...
As Donald Trump’s lawyer, D. John Sauer, tried to convince the U.S. Supreme Court that his client should have immunity from prosecution, there was a phrase the defense attorney turned to on several occasions. “A former president,” Sauer said, “has permanent criminal immunity for his official acts, unless he was first impeached and convicted” in Congress. What if a president were to sell nuclear secrets to a foreign adversary? He or she “would have to be impeached and convicted first,” the...
It's clear the justices have very different ideas about the scope of presidential immunity and how it should apply at the trial level.
At this morning's oral argument, the justices debated the ins and outs of a