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In a blistering dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said the Supreme Court's historic immunity ruling left her with "fear for our democracy."
President Joe Biden urged voters to “dissent” from the Supreme Court’s decision on Monday to give former President Donald Trump partial immunity for his acts in office after the 2020 election, saying the power of the presidency would have “virtually no limits.
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled for the first time that former presidents have broad immunity from prosecution, extending the delay in the Washington criminal case against Donald Trump on charges he plotted to overturn his 2020 presidential election loss and all but ending prospects the former president could be tried before the November election.
The Supreme Court’s decision to grant presidents immunity from prosecution over official actions is an extraordinary expansion of executive power. Charlie Savage, a reporter for The New York Times, analyzes the ruling by the court’s conservative majority,
In a landmark ruling with potentially major impact on the 2024 presidential campaign, a U.S. Supreme Court majority ruled that presidents — including former President Donald Trump — have immunity from prosecution when carrying out "official acts.
The U.S. Supreme Court'sruling on Monday that Donald Trump cannot be prosecuted for his official acts as president plunges a major criminal case against him into doubt and all but assures he will not face trial before the Nov.
The Supreme Court ruled today in a 6 to 3 decision that Donald Trump is entitled to substantial immunity from prosecution, a significant expansion of presidential power. All three of the court’s liberal justices dissented.
The U.S. Supreme Court handed down its final opinions of the term Monday, including a ruling that former President Donald Trump has some immunity for official acts.
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that former presidents have absolute immunity for their official acts in office.
The ruling makes a distinction between official actions of a president, which have immunity, and those of a private citizen. In dissent, the court’s liberals lament a vast expansion of presidential power.
Democrats are renewing their call to increase the number of Supreme Court justices in the wake of its decision on presidential immunity.
Monday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision granting the presumption of criminal immunity for official actions taken by a president fundamentally altered U.S. democracy, President Joe Biden said from the White House Monday evening.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a scathing dissent to the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling on Monday, writing that U.S. presidents will now be able to assassinate political rivals and accep
Yesterday the Supreme Court ruled on Donald Trump’s petition for absolute immunity, and it went just about as expected. The six conservative justices ruled that the president has broad immunity when it comes to official acts,
Former president Donald Trump will likely not face trial ahead of this year's election for charges stemming from January 6.
In a historic 6-3 ruling, the justices said for the first time that former presidents have absolute immunity from prosecution for their official acts and no immunity for unofficial acts. But rather than do it themselves,
The Supreme Court ruled U.S. presidents are now legally immune from criminal prosecution if it's a considered an official act.
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that former President Donald Trump is entitled to immunity from federal prosecution for official actions he took while in office.
The Supreme Court’s ruling granting presidents immunity for official acts is delaying the cases against former President Donald Trump past Election Day.
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that former President Donald Trump is entitled to substantial immunity from prosecution on charges of trying to overturn the last election, a blockbuster decision in the heat of the 2024 campaign that vastly expanded presidential power.
The liberal justice, dissenting from the majority's ruling on Trump's immunity case, quoted the court's Dobbs decision back to them.
The Supreme Court asks a lower court to assess whether core aspects of the indictment are official acts and therefore shielded from immunity or are not official acts and subject to prosecution.
Supreme Court rejects Trump immunity claim for 'unofficial acts' but grants some for 'official' ones
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, writing in dissent, said the majority's decision "reshapes the institution of the presidency."
President Joe Biden addressed the Supreme Court's ruling Monday, which said former President Donald Trump is entitled to some immunity from criminal prosecution for actions taken to overturn results of the 2020 election.
The justices said for the first time that former presidents have absolute immunity from prosecution for their official acts and no immunity for unofficial acts.
Meredith College political analyst and professor David McLennan spoke about the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that former presidents have broad immunity from prosecution.