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Supreme Court immunity ruling raises fears about future lawless presidents

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Lawrence Hurley covers the Supreme Court for NBC News.

WASHINGTON — When President Gerald Ford pardoned Richard Nixon in 1974 it was under the assumption that his predecessor could have been prosecuted for his efforts to impede the investigation into the Watergate scandal. But under the new rule implemented by the Supreme Court on Monday that partially immunized Donald Trump in his election interference case, there would be no need for such a pardon.

' Although Chief Justice John Roberts, who wrote the majority opinion, downplayed the impact, chiding Jackson and her liberal colleagues for the 'tone of chilling doom' they adopted, legal experts expressed concern about the practical repercussions the decision could have. Some returned to a hypothetical question asked during the Trump appeal about whether a president could order SEAL Team Six to assassinate a political rival.

 

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