US Supreme Court grants Trump substantial immunity from prosecution

: The conservative judges on the US Supreme Court have granted Donald Trump substantial immunity from prosecution for official acts taken as president, in a stunning ruling that liberal justices warn could give him the power to assassinate rivals and order military coups in the future.

The historic decision was made along ideological lines, with the liberal justices – Sonia Sotomayor, Ketanji Brown Jackson and Elena Kagan – all dissenting and issuing a chilling warning about it could mean for America’s future. The ruling is a significant victory for Trump, at a time when Biden’s bid for re-election has been thrown into doubt after his dismal debate performance last week.Despite panic in some sections of the Democratic Party, Biden and his supporters say he does not intend to step aside and make way for another candidate.Instead, he plans to use the ruling to highlight how much is at stake when Americans head to the polls on November.

Today’s ruling comes 10 months after Special Counsel Jack Smith charged Trump for allegedly conspiring to overturn Biden’s election victory, including by spreading lies of election fraud to obstruct the collecting, counting, and certifying of the 2020 results.

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