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Trump immunity case suggests new role for supreme court: kingmaker
Oral arguments over former president’s claim of immunity seem to have left Trump happier than the justice department
“Well,” said one reporter to another as they left the supreme court chamber, sometime after noon on Thursday. “Looks like we’re getting a king.”
Notwithstanding a certain mordant hyperbole on a momentous day in American history, the sentiment seemed within bounds.
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