Connecticut Democrats Decry Supreme Court Ruling On Presidential Immunity

In its last ruling of the term Monday, the US Supreme Court declared that former presidents have broad immunity against prosecution, dealing a significant blow to attempts to prosecute former President Donald Trump for his attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election and sharply dividing the court along ideological lines. “Under our constitutional structure of separated powers, the nature of Presidential power entitles a former President to absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions within his conclusive and preclusive constitutional authority. And he is entitled to at least presumptive immunity...