Immunization articles
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McConnell argues against presidential immunity for criminal prosecution
McConnell argues against absolute presidential immunity (First column, 5th story, link) Related stories:THE BIG DELAY: Supreme Court poised to allow Trump Sedition trial, but not immediatelyClashing viewsTrump's three appointees DO NOT recuseJustice Jackson: Oval Office Could Turn Into 'Seat of Criminality'
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Editorial: Only dictators have immunity from criminal acts while in power
It seems unlikely that the Supreme Court will embrace Donald Trump’s outrageous claim that as a former president he enjoys absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions that he allegedly took to overturn the 2020 election and cling to power. This is a relief. To do otherwise would allow the office to become, as Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson put it, "the seat of criminal activity in this country." Ominously, however, some conservative justices during Thursday’s oral argument expressed...
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Supreme Court hears arguments on presidential immunity
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments for Donald Trump’s presidential immunity case.