'Sophomoric and foolish': Harvard Law professor rips into chief justice's immunity logic
5 months, 3 weeks ago

'Sophomoric and foolish': Harvard Law professor rips into chief justice's immunity logic

Raw Story  

Harvard University's Constitutional law professor Laurence Tribe unleashed a ferocious attack on the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court after the ruling in Donald Trump's immunity case Monday. Chief Justice John Roberts and five other justices ruled that a president has immunity for core official actions carried out while in office, though what constituted official was for a lower court to decide. "You can't even use evidence of the way the president's core powers have been used," Tribe said of the ideals. He pointed to Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Jackson, who "really rip to shred the threadbare, I'm afraid to say, almost sophomoric and foolish arguments by the chief justice of the United States fantasizing that even though all presidents in our past have assumed that they would be subject to criminal prosecution even for misconduct that was a crime in interacting with their own justice department.

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As Trump grasps unprecedented power, the Supreme Court’s decision on presidential immunity looms large
1 month, 2 weeks ago

As Trump grasps unprecedented power, the Supreme Court’s decision on presidential immunity looms large

CNN  

CNN — The roiling debate over the strength of democratic restraints to keep Donald Trump in check when he returns to the White House in January has put a renewed focus on a divisive Supreme Court ruling that some fear could enable his worst impulses. Taken together, the political and legal alignment will usher Trump into a second term with …

Chief justice ‘shaken’ by 'adverse' reaction to Trump's near-total immunity: report
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Chief justice ‘shaken’ by 'adverse' reaction to Trump's near-total immunity: report

Raw Story  

Last year, when Donald Trump’s attorneys declared he had “total immunity” from prosecution, many in the legal community scoffed. “Minority Leader Mitch McConnell noted this just moments after voting to acquit Trump, saying the courts are the proper forum for holding the former president accountable for his role in the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by Trump …

John Roberts’ MAGA conversion: How Donald Trump remade the Supreme Court in his image
3 months, 1 week ago

John Roberts’ MAGA conversion: How Donald Trump remade the Supreme Court in his image

Salon  

Since he was appointed Supreme Court chief justice by George W. Bush in 2005, John Roberts has been something of an enigma. As to his legal philosophy, a review of his record by the left-leaning nonprofit Take Back the Court Action Fund suggests that “Roberts has been one of the most conservative justices since joining the Supreme Court in 2005.” …

Leaked memo reveals Justice Roberts’ role in shaping bombshell Trump immunity ruling
3 months, 1 week ago

Leaked memo reveals Justice Roberts’ role in shaping bombshell Trump immunity ruling

Raw Story  

Progressive legal expert Elie Mystal, in his blistering condemnation of the U.S. Supreme Court's controversial 6-3 immunity ruling in Trump v. the United States, has made a major distinction between "qualified immunity" and "absolute immunity." Salon's Nicholas Liu explains, "John Roberts, the chief justice of the Supreme Court, on February 22, issued a memo to his colleagues urging them not …

Huge Supreme Court docs leak exposes chief justice meddling in Trump's January 6 and election cases - read his memos
3 months, 1 week ago

Huge Supreme Court docs leak exposes chief justice meddling in Trump's January 6 and election cases - read his memos

Daily Mail  

Chief Justice John Roberts strong-armed his fellow Supreme Court judges into allowing him the key role in cases involving Donald Trump, leaked memos reveal. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts with Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor The court's decision on presidential immunity was a hammer blow to judicial attempts at prosecuting Donald Trump over his role in the January 6 attack …

How Kamala Harris Can Upend the Supreme Court’s Horrible Immunity Ruling in One Move
54 years, 11 months ago

How Kamala Harris Can Upend the Supreme Court’s Horrible Immunity Ruling in One Move

Slate  

The Supreme Court’s presidential immunity decision is a mistake. If Congress can’t regulate a presidential power, Congress can’t make acts around that power “criminal.” This is the core of presidential immunity: the substantive limits on Congress’ power to regulate the president. No doubt, the court affirmed, there is no immunity for unofficial acts, or acts beyond the “outer perimeter of …

I wrote books on Trump's crimes — but did not see the Supreme Court immunity ruling coming
5 months, 1 week ago

I wrote books on Trump's crimes — but did not see the Supreme Court immunity ruling coming

Raw Story  

While writing Criminology on Trump and Indicting the 45th President: Boss Trump, the GOP, and What We Can Do About the Threat to American Democracy, I had never imagined that even this extreme Supreme Court supermajority would rule in favor of Donald Trump’s quest for presidential immunity. More importantly, the justices’ legal chicanery has retroactively allowed a former president and …

Opinion: From legal bribery to Trump’s immunity, a dark theme ran through the Supreme Court’s term
5 months, 1 week ago

Opinion: From legal bribery to Trump’s immunity, a dark theme ran through the Supreme Court’s term

LA Times  

While it’s difficult to boil down any Supreme Court term to a single theme, this one was marked by the court’s determination to make the country safe for corruption. In considering whether state and local officials may receive gifts, tips or gratuities for official acts, the court’s six Republican-appointed justices concluded that such rewards are perfectly legal even though, as …

WSJ editorial argues Supreme Court immunity ruling 'will serve as a restraint' on Trump ​
5 months, 2 weeks ago

WSJ editorial argues Supreme Court immunity ruling 'will serve as a restraint' on Trump ​

Raw Story  

As pundits, legal experts, former prosecutors, and lawmakers openly fear the downfall of democracy following the Supreme Court's ruling on presidential immunity, The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board on Friday boldly claimed the ruling doesn't help former President Donald Trump, it restrains him. Read also: Trump's immunity win will 'backfire' on him in November: CNN analyst Former Prosecutor Glenn Kirschner …

Citing Supreme Court immunity ruling, Trump’s lawyers seek to freeze the classified documents case
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Citing Supreme Court immunity ruling, Trump’s lawyers seek to freeze the classified documents case

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump asked a federal judge Friday to freeze the classified documents case against him in light of a Supreme Court ruling this week that said former presidents have broad immunity from prosecution. Trump’s lawyers told U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon that the prosecution should be put on pause until she resolves pending defense motions that assert that …

How the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling opened the door for a shocking question: Can presidents kill their rivals?
5 months, 2 weeks ago

How the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling opened the door for a shocking question: Can presidents kill their rivals?

The Independent  

Can a president order a rival’s assassination and get away with it? In a dissent joined by Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson, Justice Sonia Sotomayor warned that the court had created “a law-free zone around the president, upsetting the status quo that has existed since the founding.” Supreme Court grants Trump immunity for 'official' acts in landmark ruling …

Opinion: Supreme Court's immunity decision makes a mockery of July 4
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Opinion: Supreme Court's immunity decision makes a mockery of July 4

LA Times  

A protester outside the Supreme Court after the immunity decision came down on Monday. Trump got just about everything he asked for despite the majority’s specious attempts to make it seem otherwise: absolute or presumed immunity for official acts, which the court defined in a way that could encompass much of what the Jan. 6 criminal indictment alleges the former …

Supreme Court opinion conferring broad immunity could embolden Trump as he seeks to return to power
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court opinion conferring broad immunity could embolden Trump as he seeks to return to power

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — In her dissent from a Supreme Court opinion that afforded former President Donald Trump broad immunity, Justice Sonia Sotomayor pondered the potential doomsday consequences: A president could pocket a bribe for a pardon, stage a military coup to retain power, order the killing of a rival by the Navy’s SEAL Team Six — and be protected from prosecution …

The Assassination Hypothetical Isn’t Even the Scariest Part of the Supreme Court Immunity Ruling
5 months, 3 weeks ago

The Assassination Hypothetical Isn’t Even the Scariest Part of the Supreme Court Immunity Ruling

Slate  

The Supreme Court’s decision on presidential immunity is a catastrophe for American constitutional order. Roberts then divides presidential conduct into three, wholly new classes: exercises of “core constitutional powers,” “official act,” and “unofficial acts.” Exercises of “core” presidential powers garner “absolute immunity” from prosecution. Analysis of the first portion of the court’s immunity structure—exercises of “core” presidential powers now made …

'Decision will be overturned': Law experts predict immunity ruling will not survive
5 months, 3 weeks ago

'Decision will be overturned': Law experts predict immunity ruling will not survive

Raw Story  

Harvard constitutional law professor Laurence Tribe expects the U.S. Supreme Court will likely overturn its own decision in Donald Trump's case. But in reading lawyer Robert B. Hubbell, Tribe quoted that the ruling is “destined to be remembered as a mark of shame for the Roberts Court just as Dred Scott tarnishes Chief Justice Taney’s legacy to this day.” Hubbell, …

The Supreme Court Assumes Joe Biden Won’t Abuse Its Horrific Immunity Ruling
5 months, 3 weeks ago

The Supreme Court Assumes Joe Biden Won’t Abuse Its Horrific Immunity Ruling

Slate  

This is part of Opinionpalooza, Slate’s coverage of the major decisions from the Supreme Court this June. Prior to the oral argument in Trump v. United States, we wrote in Slate that only the most cynical could believe that the Supreme Court of the United States would hold that a president can use his official powers to violate generally applicable …

What does Trump’s Supreme Court immunity decision mean?
5 months, 3 weeks ago

What does Trump’s Supreme Court immunity decision mean?

Al Jazeera  

On Monday, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that Donald Trump is immune from prosecution for acts he committed within his constitutional powers as president. Described by Trump as a “BIG WIN” on Truth Social, a social media platform owned by the Republican leader, but as a “dangerous precedent” by President Joe Biden, here is more about the …

The rule of law is made to be broken
5 months, 3 weeks ago

The rule of law is made to be broken

Al Jazeera  

US presidents have put themselves above international law. Monday was a good day for Donald Trump, the former United States president and current Republican presidential hopeful, who is waging a forever war to “make America great again”. Several pages down in the ruling, we find the ostensible lead-up to an explanation: “When the President acts pursuant to ‘constitutional and statutory …

The Supreme Court Gave Trump a Stunning Gift — and Rewrote the Constitution
5 months, 3 weeks ago

The Supreme Court Gave Trump a Stunning Gift — and Rewrote the Constitution

Politico  

The ruling is undeniably a major win for Trump, and has already infuriated many in the legal world, though it was no surprise where this was headed. On a more practical level for the case at hand, the court held that Trump cannot be prosecuted based on his efforts to weaponize the Justice Department to pursue his false claims of …

Activists decry Supreme Court immunity decision as an assault on democracy
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Activists decry Supreme Court immunity decision as an assault on democracy

Raw Story  

The U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Donald Trump’s election interference case, granting U.S. presidents broad immunity from criminal charges, prompted outrage from pro-democracy activists in Wisconsin Monday. In the 6-3 opinion, the Court ruled that U.S. presidents enjoy full immunity from criminal charges for their official “core constitutional” acts, and sent back to lower courts a federal case against President …

Supreme Court’s ‘dangerous’ decision shields Trump from criminal prosecution. Where do his cases stand now?
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court’s ‘dangerous’ decision shields Trump from criminal prosecution. Where do his cases stand now?

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. On Monday, the court’s conservative majority ruled in a 6-3 decision that Trump is …

Supreme Court's immunity ruling likely to 'hurt' or ​'hamstring' Georgia case: expert
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court's immunity ruling likely to 'hurt' or ​'hamstring' Georgia case: expert

Raw Story  

Donald Trump is still staring down the barrel of several criminal federal and state cases despite the Supreme Court ruling that presidents are immune from prosecution for official acts, but not private acts. And yet legal experts say it's going to be tricky for Fulton Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee to discern which of the remaining counts brought against Trump …

Supreme Court grants Trump immunity for ‘official’ acts in landmark ruling that will delay trial
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court grants Trump immunity for ‘official’ acts in landmark ruling that will delay trial

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The court’s conservative majority granted him “presumptive immunity” for actions that the former president …

Sotomayor’s dissent: A president should not be a ‘king above the law’
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Sotomayor’s dissent: A president should not be a ‘king above the law’

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — In an unsparing dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said the Supreme Court allowed a president to become a “king above the law” in its ruling that limited the scope of criminal charges against former President Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol and efforts to overturn the election. She was joined …

Trump Immunity Ruling Will Be John Roberts’ Legacy to American Democracy
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump Immunity Ruling Will Be John Roberts’ Legacy to American Democracy

Slate  

This is part of Opinionpalooza, Slate’s coverage of the major decisions from the Supreme Court this June. In its awful immunity ruling on Monday benefiting Donald Trump, the court seems so worried about future threats to democracy that could come from the possibility of bogus future criminal prosecutions of former presidents that it is willing to let a legitimate election …

Trump's immunity win will 'backfire' on him in November: CNN analyst
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump's immunity win will 'backfire' on him in November: CNN analyst

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump's legal situation got a big boost with today's Supreme Court ruling that lower courts will have to exclude from prosecution any official acts that may have been part of his scheme to overturn the 2020 presidential election — but his political situation may have taken a hit, argued CNN commentator and former presidential adviser Van Jones. …

John Roberts appears to casually undermine DOJ independence in Trump immunity ruling
5 months, 3 weeks ago

John Roberts appears to casually undermine DOJ independence in Trump immunity ruling

Raw Story  

U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts appeared to casually end the independence of the Department of Justice in a ruling on Donald Trump's immunity. "The President may discuss potential investigations and prosecutions with his Attorney General and other Justice Department officials to carry out his constitutional duty to 'take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed,'" Roberts wrote. The …

Don’t Believe John Roberts. The Supreme Court Just Made the President a King.
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Don’t Believe John Roberts. The Supreme Court Just Made the President a King.

Slate  

This is part of Opinionpalooza, Slate’s coverage of the major decisions from the Supreme Court this June. As Justice Sonia Sotomayor put it in her terrified and terrifying dissent, “the President is now a king above the law.” Trump v. United States, Monday’s decision, has no basis in the Constitution as written. Fear of criminal prosecution, Roberts warned, could interfere …

US Supreme Court upholds limited immunity for Trump, potentially delaying Jan 6 Capitol attack trial
5 months, 3 weeks ago

US Supreme Court upholds limited immunity for Trump, potentially delaying Jan 6 Capitol attack trial

Op India  

The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled that former President Donald Trump can assert limited immunity from criminal prosecution for actions taken during the final days of his presidency. An AP-NORC poll released last week highlighted a significant lack of public confidence in the institution, with only 16 per cent expressing a great deal of trust in the Supreme Court. …

Read the Supreme Court’s ruling on Trump’s presidential immunity in full
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Read the Supreme Court’s ruling on Trump’s presidential immunity in full

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Supreme Court has ruled that Donald Trump, and any …

Sonia Sotomayor: Supreme Court just gave presidents power to assassinate political rivals
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Sonia Sotomayor: Supreme Court just gave presidents power to assassinate political rivals

Raw Story  

The Supreme Court justices who dissented to Monday's ruling on former President Donald Trump's presidential immunity claim called it a mockery of the Constitution that reshapes the institution of the presidency. Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented to Chief Justice John Roberts ruling that Trump was entitled to absolute immunity for actions carried out in his …

Supreme Court: Trump Has 'Absolute Immunity' For Core Constitutional Powers
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court: Trump Has 'Absolute Immunity' For Core Constitutional Powers

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has found that Donald Trump enjoys complete immunity for his coup-attempt-related presidential actions that were “official” in nature but not for those that were “unofficial,” in a ruling that effectively makes a trial on his Jan. 6, 2021, charges impossible before the November election. The lower court is ordered to review, …

Supreme Court rules Trump gets limited immunity from prosecution
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court rules Trump gets limited immunity from prosecution

Raw Story  

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Donald Trump's motion to dismiss federal cases against him due to his absolute immunity as president. The court ruled 6-3, rejecting his claim of absolute immunity from all prosecution but stating that former presidents have absolute immunity for core constitutional powers, but not everything a president does is an official act. Read Also: 8 …

Editorial: Trump immunity ruling has troubling implications for the election and democracy
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Editorial: Trump immunity ruling has troubling implications for the election and democracy

LA Times  

A demonstrator makes his views known outside the Supreme Court in April 2024 as the justices prepare to hear arguments over whether Donald Trump is immune from prosecution in a case charging him with plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. In ruling that Donald Trump and other former presidents enjoy immunity from prosecution for “official acts,” …

How Supreme Court’s immunity ruling ‘transforms’ US presidency
5 months, 3 weeks ago

How Supreme Court’s immunity ruling ‘transforms’ US presidency

Al Jazeera  

Experts say shielding official presidential action from prosecution undermines rule of law and enables abuse of power. Washington, DC – The Supreme Court’s ruling on the scope of presidential immunity will “transform” the United States government, experts say, warning that the decision may undermine the rule of law in the country. But by deeming Trump’s conversations with agency officials to …

Supreme Court gives Trump broad immunity from prosecution — for the past and perhaps future
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court gives Trump broad immunity from prosecution — for the past and perhaps future

LA Times  

Supreme Court justices voted 6-3 to uphold former President Trump’s claim that he was immune from all criminal charges related to his official actions while he was in the White House. He said even Trump’s lawyers appeared to agree that a scheme to “submit fraudulent slates of presidential electors” was private and not part of the president’s official duties. “Today’s …

Trump has immunity for official acts, US Supreme Court rules
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump has immunity for official acts, US Supreme Court rules

Al Jazeera  

Court rules former presidents are shielded from prosecution for actions taken within their constitutional authority, as opposed to a private capacity. The United States Supreme Court has for the first time recognised that former presidents have immunity from prosecution for certain actions taken in office, as it threw out a judicial decision rejecting Donald Trump’s bid to shield himself from …

Column: After the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling, can Donald Trump still be tried for Jan. 6?
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Column: After the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling, can Donald Trump still be tried for Jan. 6?

LA Times  

The Supreme Court ended a tumultuous term with one final sledgehammer blow on Monday. The court’s essential holding is that constitutional principles of separation of powers forbid the criminal prosecution of a former president for “official acts” that took place during his term, while allowing it for “unofficial” acts. And though there is some debate on this point, the court …

Opinion: We should all dissent from the Supreme Court’s immunity decision, and not respectfully
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Opinion: We should all dissent from the Supreme Court’s immunity decision, and not respectfully

LA Times  

In a historic ruling, the Supreme Court said for the first time former presidents can be shielded from prosecution for at least some of what they do in the Oval Office. As Justice Sonia Sotomayor powerfully said in her dissent in Trump vs. United States, the Supreme Court on Monday made “a mockery of the principle, foundational to our Constitution …

Supreme Court says Trump has absolute immunity for core acts only
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court says Trump has absolute immunity for core acts only

NPR  

Supreme Court says Trump has absolute immunity for core acts only toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images In a historic, consequential, and controversial decision on Monday, the Supreme Court granted substantial immunity from prosecution to former president Donald Trump on election subversion charges. In a brief statement to reporters on Monday, President Biden said that today’s Supreme Court decision undermines the …

US Supreme Court rules Trump has some immunity from criminal charges
5 months, 3 weeks ago

US Supreme Court rules Trump has some immunity from criminal charges

China Daily  

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-07-01 23:01 Former US President Donald Trump leaves the courthouse after a jury found him guilty on all 34 counts in his criminal trial in New York State Supreme Court in New York, New York, the US on 30 May. WASHINGTON - US Supreme Court on Monday ruled that former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, …

“May have just legalized murder by one individual”: Experts alarmed at “stunning” SCOTUS ruling
5 months, 3 weeks ago

“May have just legalized murder by one individual”: Experts alarmed at “stunning” SCOTUS ruling

Salon  

Donald Trump is immune from criminal charges for official acts carried out within his "core constitutional powers" while in office but not from unofficial acts, the Supreme Court ruled Monday. On Monday, the justices described Trump's description of presidential immunity as far broader Though the decision finally resolves an issue that put his Washington, D.C., trial on hold indefinitely — …

'Loss of trust': Growing chorus of judges speak against 'out of step' Supreme Court
5 months, 4 weeks ago

'Loss of trust': Growing chorus of judges speak against 'out of step' Supreme Court

Raw Story  

Federal judges appointed by both Democratic and Republican presidents are becoming increasingly more vocal in their opposition to the Supreme Court of the United States. David S. Tatel, an appointee of former President Bill Clinton who served on the DC Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for three decades, wrote in his memoir that he finally retired in January of 2024 …

'Something's rotten': Ex-Supreme Court clerk goes public with criticism of justices
6 months ago

'Something's rotten': Ex-Supreme Court clerk goes public with criticism of justices

Raw Story  

A former U.S. Supreme Court clerk cast suspicion on the lengthy delay by justices in rendering a decision in Donald Trump's immunity case. The justices agreed Feb. 28 to hear his appeal and scheduled oral arguments for late April, which is a fairly short interval for most cases but considerably longer than it took for the court to hear and …

How Trump’s 'absurd' immunity claim actually imperils Republicans: conservative
7 months, 2 weeks ago

How Trump’s 'absurd' immunity claim actually imperils Republicans: conservative

Raw Story  

The U.S. Supreme Court last month listened to oral arguments both for and against former President Donald Trump's presidential immunity claims. Trump's immunity argument has been flat-out rejected by Judge Tanya Chutkan, who wrote that U.S. presidents do not enjoy a "divine right of kings." In an article published by the conservative National Review on May 9, journalist Christian Schneider …

Supreme Court will have 'signed its own death warrant' by ruling in Trump's favor: analyst
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court will have 'signed its own death warrant' by ruling in Trump's favor: analyst

Raw Story  

The U.S. Supreme Court spent much of Thursday, April 25 listening to opposing oral arguments in Donald Trump's absolute immunity case. But U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, assigned to Smith's case, has flatly rejected Trump's absolute presidential immunity claim — ruling that U.S. presidents do not enjoy a "divine right of kings." In a scathing article published on April 26, …

Supreme Court immunity arguments: The court just showed how and why it will let Donald Trump get away with it.
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Supreme Court immunity arguments: The court just showed how and why it will let Donald Trump get away with it.

Slate  

For three long years, Supreme Court watchers mollified themselves with vague promises that when the rubber hit the road, even the ultraconservative Federalist Society justices of the Roberts court would put democracy before party whenever they were finally confronted with the legal effort to hold Donald Trump accountable for Jan. 6. These justices fear that it is Trump’s prosecution for …

US Supreme Court justices in Trump case lean toward some level of immunity
7 months, 4 weeks ago

US Supreme Court justices in Trump case lean toward some level of immunity

Hindustan Times  

By John Kruzel and Andrew Chung US Supreme Court justices in Trump case lean toward some level of immunity WASHINGTON -The Supreme Court's conservative justices signaled support on Thursday for U.S. presidents having some level of protection from criminal charges for certain acts taken in office as it tackled Donald Trump's claim of immunity from prosecution for trying to undo …

'It makes no sense': Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson loses patience with Trump lawyer
7 months, 4 weeks ago

'It makes no sense': Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson loses patience with Trump lawyer

Raw Story  

Donald Trump's lawyer, John Sauer, struggled to explain his argument before the Supreme Court on Thursday — and one justice came close to losing her patience. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson debated with Trump's lawyer over the claim of absolute immunity for presidents for "official actions." At the start of Thursday's interaction, Jackson and Sauer agreed that there is no immunity …

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