The Supreme Court made a ruling on President Trump’s immunity case this morning, and the ramifications are HUGE.
The ruling, which was 6-3, decided that as president, Trump has immunity in all official actions while in office; however, he would be liable for any unofficial actions. The Supreme Court sent the case back down to lower courts to sort out which actions were considered “official,” a process that could take months and push back the trial until after the election. Trump called the ruling a “big win for our Constitution and for democracy” and noted that he is now able to campaign freely.
This decision leaves many questions surrounding Trump’s case ambiguous, as it was not clearly defined what is considered an “official act” and what is considered “unofficial.” After all, the president doesn’t get any days off. He’s the president from the day he is sworn in to the day he moves out of the White House. The ruling also drew scathing dissents from the three liberal justices on the court. Justice Sotomayor wrote in her dissent: “This majority’s project will have disastrous consequences for the Presidency and for our democracy,” and Justice Kagan and Justice Jackson joined Sotomayor in calling the ruling “utterly indefensible.”
But what do you think? Did the Supreme Court make the right call? Or will there be disastrous unforeseen consequences to this ruling? Let us know in the poll below:
Did the Supreme Court make the right call?
Will there be unforeseen consequences to this ruling?
Will the lower courts find any ‘unofficial acts’ to bring against Trump?
Will this go back to the Supreme Court before it is resolved?
Can a president even commit and ‘unofficial acts’ while serving as president?
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