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The Supreme Court on Monday issued its ruling, a 6-3 vote, in the highly anticipated case to determine whether presidents have immunity in their actions, official and unofficial.
Former President Trump’s claimed he had presidential immunity from criminal prosecution. Trump’s appeal froze his indictment in the nation’s capital, where a federal court has charged him with conspiring to subvert the 2020 election results, from moving ahead toward trial.
The Supreme Court’s ruling comes less than five months before Election Day, when Trump hopes to retake the White House, giving him the authority to stop his prosecutions from proceeding and possibly firing special counsel Jack Smith.
The full opinion file, 119 pages, includes the majority opinion, concurring opinions from Justices Clarence Thomas (page 52) and Amy Coney Barrett (page 61), and the dissent written by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, which starts on page 68.
Read live updates in the case here.
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CBS News - Top stories
Jan. 6 victims frustrated over Supreme Court ruling on Trump immunity
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The Guardian - World
The supreme court’s presidential immunity ruling mocks the rule of law | Corey Brettschneider
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Legal experts say the U.S. Supreme Court ruling pushes past most of the norms in effect among American allies, adding more concern about the reliability of U.S. power. -
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The White House is considering its options for a response to the Supreme Court's blockbuster ruling on immunity that handed Donald Trump a major victory, as President Joe Biden warns that an amoral future president could abuse those powers. -
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The Guardian view on Trump and presidential immunity: the return of the king | Editorial
The supreme court’s sweeping ruling is a blow to democracy in the US. The supreme court’s ruling on presidential immunity combines a tectonic constitutional shift and immediate political repercussions to devastating effect. It allows one man to ...Donald Trump
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