Katie Couric Instagram – 🚨 The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that former President Donald Trump is entitled to some level of immunity from prosecution, a decision that may delay the trail of the case against him on charges of plotting to subvert the 2020 election. The vote was 6-3, with Chief Justice John Roberts writing the majority opinion and the three liberal justices dissenting.
The justices sent the case back to a lower court to determine which acts alleged in the indictment are official — making it unlikely that Donald Trump will go on trial on charges of trying to subvert the 2020 president election before this year’s election.
“The president is not above the law,” the chief justice wrote. “But Congress may not criminalize the president’s conduct in carrying out the responsibilities of the executive branch under the Constitution. And the system of separated powers designed by the Framers has always demanded an energetic, independent executive. The president therefore may not be prosecuted for exercising his core constitutional powers, and he is entitled, at a minimum, to a presumptive immunity from prosecution for all his officials acts.”
In dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote: “Today’s decision to grant former presidents criminal immunity reshapes the institution of the presidency. It makes a mockery of the principle, foundational to our Constitution and system of government, that no man is above the law.” | Posted on 01/Jul/2024 20:30:58
