The US Supreme Court has ruled that Donald Trump and other presidents enjoy a significant degree of immunity for actions taken as president, in a decision that could reverberate not just in Trump’s criminal cases but also for the country’s future leaders.in finding that a president is a) absolutely immune for actions taken while exercising his “core constitutional powers” and b) entitled to the presumption of immunity for all official acts.
The other crucial point is this: the court ruled not only that Trump can’t be prosecuted for certain conduct, but also that conduct for which he is immune can’t even be used as evidence against him. “ includes only select Tweets and brief snippets of the speech Trump delivered on the morning of January 6, omitting its full text or context,” the majority wrote. “Whether the Tweets, that speech, and Trump’s other communications on January 6 involve official conduct may depend on the content and context of each.”Liberal justices warned of dire consequences, a ‘king above the law’
The court’s liberals say that’s now on the table. Justice Sonia Sotomayor went the furthest in her dissent.