FILE – The Supreme Court building is seen on June 28, 2024, in Washington. Two blockbuster opinions are coming on the Supreme Court term’s final day, Monday, July 1: whether Donald Trump is immune from federal criminal prosecution as a former president and whether state laws limiting how social media platforms regulate content posted by their users violate the Constitution.
The court also will decide whether state laws limiting how social media platforms regulate content posted by their users violate the Constitution. In other epic court cases involving the presidency, including the Watergate tapes case, the justices moved much faster. Fifty years ago, the court handed down its decision forcing President Richard Nixon to turn over recordings of Oval Office conversations just 16 days after hearing arguments.
The Supreme Court’s handling of the immunity case, which began when the justices rejected a first plea to take it up in December, have led critics to say the court has so far granted Trump “immunity by delay.” A federal appeals unanimously rejected Trump’s immunity claim in February, and the justices agreed a few weeks later to hear Trump’s appeal.
Conservative justices don’t usually side with criminal defendants, said University of Pennsylvania law professor Kim Roosevelt. The court is weighing efforts in Texas and Florida that would limit how Facebook, TikTok, X, YouTube and other social media platforms regulate content posted by their users.
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