Supreme Court punts Trump’s presidential immunity case back to lower court
Posted on AllSides July 1st, 2024
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Gerald Herbert, Associated Press
ANALYSIS
A divided Supreme Court sent former President Donald Trump’s presidential immunity case back to a lower court on Monday with detailed guidance on how to dig deeper into his immunity claims.
The majority opinion, which was authored by Chief Justice John Roberts and joined at least in part by all of the court’s more conservative justices, explained that a president’s official acts are immune from prosecution but that unofficial acts are not immune.
The lower court must reconsider the election interference case against Trump in light of these clarifications and decide...
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