US Election
Supreme Court’s Trump Immunity Ruling Avoids the Obvious: He’s Running Again
- Trump has long pushed to delay a trial until after election
- Majority sent case back to lower court to reconsider immunity
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The Supreme Court’s decision declaring Donald Trump partially immune from prosecution for efforts to overturn the 2020 election avoided mentioning what makes it a blockbuster: He’s campaigning to reclaim the presidency.
The opinion from Chief Justice John Roberts and the concurrences and dissents written by his colleagues discussed the far-reaching consequences of the court’s decision on future presidents, the separation of powers among the political branches and the interests of voters generally in the democratic process.