The United States Supreme Court on Monday issued a 6-3 ruling that former presidents have total immunity from prosecution for any official presidential acts, but do not have immunity for any unofficial acts.
The court stated:
“The President enjoys no immunity for his unofficial acts, and not everything the President does is official. The President is not above the law. 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 official acts. That immunity applies equally to all occupants of the Oval Office, regardless of politics, policy, or party.”
The justices also ordered lower courts to now apply their decision to the Donald Trump immunity case being led by special prosecutor Jack Smith.
Conservatives are calling the decision a victory, but some leftist legal analysts appear to believe there is still room for the lower courts to rule against the former president.
TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk wrote on X, “SCOTUS has ruled that Trump is immune from criminal prosecution in Trump v. United States. The Court holds that a former president has absolute immunity regarding his core constitutional powers, presumptive immunity for all official acts. A huge blow for Jack Smith.”
BREAKING: SCOTUS has ruled that Trump is immune from criminal prosecution in Trump v. United States. The Court holds that a former president has absolute immunity regarding his core constitutional powers, presumptive immunity for all official acts.
A huge blow for Jack Smith.
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) July 1, 2024
Meanwhile, CNN legal analyst Norm Eisen wrote, “SCOTUS immunity decision is out & they have REJECTED Trump’s outlandish absolute immunity demand Instead they have established a test that his attempted coup cannot meet, back to D.C. for a mini trial.”
BREAKING: SCOTUS immunity decision is out & they have REJECTED Trump’s outlandish absolute immunity demand
Instead they have established a test that his attempted coup cannot meet, back to D.C. for a mini trial
As I explain in this piece ?https://t.co/A4v56pcWcZ
— Norm Eisen (#TryingTrump out now!) (@NormEisen) July 1, 2024
It seems as if Trump’s fate in regards to the presidential immunity case lies in the hands of the rigged D.C. court system that will now decide whether or not Trump was acting in his “official” capacity as president on January 6, 2021.
Click the image below to see the entire SCOTUS ruling:
