The court has ruled on presidential immunity. “A former president is entitled to absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions within his “conclusive and preclusive constitutional authority,” the ruling says. “There is no immunity for unofficial acts.”
US supreme court rules Trump has ‘absolute immunity’ for official acts
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The Supreme Court says presidents have “absolute” immunity for clearly official acts, but no immunity for unofficial acts. Former president and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump faces four federal felony counts in D.C. for allegedly trying to undo Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory. The high court’s 6-3 ruling sends the case back to the lower court to determine when and whether Trump will go to trial.
Writing the court’s opinion, Chief Justice John Roberts says:
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Donald Trump claims supreme court ruling that presidents have some immunity is ‘big win’ – live
Conservative justices decide in favor of absolute immunity for official presidential acts but not private acts
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Justice Sonia Sotomayor is reading her dissent from the bench on behalf of Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Sotomayor writes that the majority’s grant of immunity “reshapes the institution of the presidency” and “makes a mockery of the principle” that “no man is above the law.”
Sotomayor writes that the majority’s grant of immunity “reshapes the institution of the presidency” and “makes a mockery of the principle” that “no man is above the law.”
Court decision 'makes a mockery of the principle' that 'no man is above the law', writes Sotomayor in dissent
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, writing in dissent, said the court’s decision in the Trump immunity case “makes a mockery of the principle … that no man is above the law”. She writes:The indictment “paints a stark portrait of a President desperate to stay in power”, she continued.
Donald Trump claims supreme court ruling that presidents have some immunity is ‘big win’ – live
Conservative justices decide in favor of absolute immunity for official presidential acts but not private acts
www.theguardian.com
Sotomayor, Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson should never have been put on the bench. They are proof that mediocrity is what DEI will get you.
These three don't even comprehend the Constitution or the founder's intent.
But despite telegraphing that likely result, the Supreme Court does not just say that. It instead sends the issue back to Judge Chutkan: “It is ultimately the government’s burden to rebut the presumption of immunity. We therefore remand to the district court to assess in the first instance, with appropriate input from the parties, whether a prosecution involving Trump’s alleged attempts to influence the vice president’s oversight of the certification proceeding in his capacity as president of the Senate would pose any dangers of intrusion on the authority and functions of the executive branch.”
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Sotomayor had a chance to prove 'no man is above the law when the 'qualified immunity' doctrine was up for a vote. she failed.
The three liberal justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson all dissented from the majority opinion.
Writing in her dissent, Sotomayor said:
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Writing in her dissent, Sotomayor said:
She warned of the “stark” long-term consequences of today’s decision, noting that court had effectively created a “law free zone” around the president.
Sotomayor continued:
Donald Trump claims supreme court ruling that presidents have some immunity is ‘big win’ – live
Conservative justices decide in favor of absolute immunity for official presidential acts but not private acts
www.theguardian.com
Guess that puts a stake in the Stalinist Lawfare the party has engaged in.
What now? Will the party attempt to assassinate President Trump?
Trump will lose election and use violence to literally attack the government.
Biden, who I wholly support, is too passive.
Kagan, though a full blown Communist, is fully qualified to be a SCOTUS Justice. I don't agree with her on anything, but she is qualified.
Sotomayor has an IQ in the low 60's. Obviously someone else took the bar for her, as they did with Ted Kennedy. Sotomayor is too dumb to work at burger king, much less sit on the high court. She just does what Kagan tells her. She has no understanding of what is going on in the court.
I cant see Biden winning at this point, but I hope you are correct. Even so, the S. Ct. is fundamentally changing out nation.
So Biden can't be prosecuted for using a foreign army of 20 million illegals to invade the USA?
You should be happy, Comrade.
I can't see Trump winning. Media has been hyping Trump, but I doubt voting Americans are falling for their bullshit.
If he had done that, he would not be prosecuted. This is true.
Good job creating that America.
The decision is based on limited immunity. Presidents are immune for core constitutional official actions, but not every thing a president does is an official act
The decision deliberately makes it difficult to distinguish between official and private decisions. Motive cannot be considered.