Trump won a significant victory this week when the US Supreme Court ruled, 6-3, in Trump v. United States that presidents enjoy “total immunity” from criminal prosecution for official activities.
“The essence of presidential power gives a former president absolute protection from criminal prosecution for activities within his preclusive constitutional authority under our constitutional framework of separate authorities. Chief Justice Roberts’ decision affirms his entitlement to at least presumptive immunity from any prosecution for all his official activities. “Unofficial acts are not immune from consequences.”
“No court has thus far explored how” to distinguish between official and unauthorized activities, the court further stated.
The lower courts made their rulings in a very timely manner, in spite of the case’s unique circumstances and the important constitutional issues it presents. The courts in question did not perform an analysis of the conduct described in the indictment to determine which actions were official and which were not, as they firmly rejected any form of presidential immunity. Although both parties touched on the subject during the oral argument in response to queries, neither side has briefed us on it. Along with the underlying immunity issue, that classification also brings up a number of first-of-a-kind and significant concerns about the President’s constitutionally granted authorities and jurisdiction.”
To put it briefly, the Supreme Court refused to decide how to distinguish between official and unofficial conduct. Rather, it will return the case to the subordinate courts for resolution.
The Supreme Court did provide some direction.
“Given the President’s official link to the position he holds, some allegations—like the ones about Trump’s conversations with the Acting Attorney General—are easily classified. Additional claims raise more challenging issues, such as those about Trump’s contacts with the vice president, public figures, select private parties, and his remarks to the broader public.”
Roberts concluded.
“This case raises an important question that will likely never be resolved: Can a former president be held accountable for official actions performed while in office? The Court, unlike the political branches and the general public, cannot afford to focus solely—or even mostly—on the pressing issues of the day while addressing that question. In this case, our ruling is based on the enduring separation of powers principles. Although not everything the President does is official, he is not immune from consequences for his non-official actions. The law does not exempt the president. However, our system of separated authorities grants the President at least presumptive immunity from prosecution for his official activities, preventing him from facing charges for exercising his fundamental constitutional powers. Every individual holding the Oval Office receives this immunity.”
Jackson filed the dissenting opinion. Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson dissented.
Following the announcement, former President Trump posted the following message on Truth Social: “HUGE WIN FOR OUR DEMOCRACY AND CONSTITUTION.” I AM GLAD TO BE AMERICAN!”
The case was arguably the most closely followed this year, not only because of the implications for all of the ongoing federal court cases against Trump but also because of what it would mean for the Biden administration’s prosecution of Trump for contesting the 2020 election results due to allegations of widespread fraud.
The Biden administration has attempted to obstruct Donald Trump’s presidential campaign by turning the legal system into a weapon. In addition, the left started a national campaign to have him taken off the ballot; however, this failed when the Supreme Court intervened.
According to Trump, all previous presidents ought to be exempt from legal consequences for decisions they made while in office. His defense team contended that in order to prosecute any former president for the same offense in federal court, there must be a legislative impeachment conviction. Trump had previously lost cases in two lower courts.
Trump has made postponing his lawsuits until after the 2024 election a part of his agenda. Some argue that the Supreme Court’s lengthy ruling process, which has delayed proceedings to the point where no trial is likely to conclude in time for the presidential election, is the reason for his success in only bringing the case to the court.
Professor Jonathan Entin of Case Western Reserve University’s School of Law told CNN last month that “Trump has already won something.” “Trump has practically gained time in this case, regardless of the court’s decision.”
However, the Supreme Court was required to decide certain practical issues in this case.
In its petition for the Supreme Court to hear the case, Trump’s attorneys said that “criminal prosecution, with its greater stigma and more severe punishments, imposes a considerably greater “personal vulnerability” on the President than any civil penalty.” The potential for criminal prosecution by a politically opposed administration will overshadow every future president’s official activities, especially the most politically difficult decisions.”
The opposition party would immediately indict every departing president, according to Trump’s long-standing claims, if immunity didn’t exist. He restated his position that, in the absence of total immunity, a president could not perform his duties in an efficient manner.
“A president cannot perform their duties effectively without presidential immunity, which puts the United States of America at grave and permanent risk.” In April, Trump penned a post on Truth Social.
Trump even claimed that Biden would face similar punishment once he leaves office, citing the Democrats’ lawfare operation against him as the reason behind the establishment of a new precedent that subjects all future presidents to criminal prosecution.
“If they revoke my presidential immunity, they revoke the presidential immunity of crooked Joe Biden,” he declared.
Many conjectured that the justices were leaning toward some form of presidential immunity following the April oral arguments.
During oral arguments, Gorsuch stated, “I’m not concerned about this case, but I am concerned about future uses of the criminal law to target political opponents based on suspicions about their motives.” “We are composing an edict for the ages.”
In fact, Donald Trump has achieved a rather comfortable victory.
Author: Steven Sinclaire
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All of this display in the media and the theater of politics is like the closing bell at the end of the day on Wall Street. Things, and reality are what they are. There are those who wish they could change that to benefit their position, but they are delusional. I fear for my country that this is not just the closing bell at the end of the day, but the closing bell at the end of America, once the home of the brave and land of the free. Now it is the home of the destruction of the American male, the family, morality, decency, integrity and honesty, the great things that once underpinned this nation but no longer do. Tragedy for my grandchildren. Those of us who believed in the morality and superiority of this country who are willing to grasp The sword and defend it will be dead soon. Then the destroyers will have their way because our universities have vomited idiots by design and they will hold the reins soon
From what I read the ruling of the SC has basically given Mr. Trump the ability to pardon himself of any crime he has committed. It almost gives him the power to become the last elected President in the USA. I am sure a great number of America’s citizens wil not like the consequences of what may happen if a convicted felon like Trump is allowed to be President of this great nation.
Your comment: “I am sure a great number of America’s citizens wil not like the consequences of what may happen if a convicted felon like Trump is allowed to be President of this great nation.”
I agree with your comment… but for a different reason. Trump is the VICTIM of an act undertaken by a malicious prosecuting attorney. The actions of these politically motivated miscreants caused SCOTUS to intervene, and bring clarity to his situation.
Trump is entitled to run for office and to represent his party as a candidate for POTUS. Manipulating state law to create a means to charge someone with criminal activity for which there is no clear evidence nor a clearly stated statutory basis is unconstitutional, whether you are a presidential candidate or an ordinary citizen being unfairly accused by the Department of Justice.
The fact that the unfair manipulation of the statutes combined with the selection of a clearly, hostile venue, smacks of unethical and quite probably illegal activity on the part of the state.
Charging a person with a crime and then attempting to manipulate the system to convince a compliant jury that a crime occurred, is the form of justice one might expect in China, Cuba, Russia, Noth Korea, Iran, and numerous other locations where citizens lack constitutional protection.
In the United States of America, citizens are protected from state tyranny by the United States Constitution. Just because you hate a person, does not give you the right as a member of government to persecute them.
If Trump were to act in the same way as President, or if he did the same thing when he was president you have a basis for your comment.
President Trump did not do what you are advocating, nor, did he attempt to do what you are advocating.
Just as hope is not a plan, hatred is not a justification for illegal criminality whether by criminals or by criminal government agents acting on behalf of the people of the United States.
We the people who are the descendants of the Founders are recipients of the greatest gift ever bestowed on the common man.
Hatred for one man does not give us the right to pre-empt that man’s God given rights, any more than it gives him the right to pre-mpt ours.
The democrat’s are pushing for socialism/ communism.
They are rewriting History taught in schools for their own agenda.
“If you don’t remember history, you are doomed to repeat it” Hence the change.
They want to control everything you do.
Remember Obama, were going to take from Joe and give to John.
Don’t believe me, do your own research.
Trump is our last chance for freedom and Democracy.
He was politically prosecuted and you were lied to.
Soo… Presidential IMMUNITY is only available to Trump?
Is THAT what your stating? Because that’s NOT what the Supreme Court stated.
Presidential Immunity also applies to Biden… As well to any past presidents since Washington, to future Presidents whomever he, she may be!
All this hullaballo about Trump using Seal Team 6 to “take out” Biden and GOD knows who else is INSANE.
If all this hullaballo was true (which its NOT) What’s stopping Biden from doing the same?
Hopefully COMMEN SENSE will prevail over YOU and your associates…..Otherwise there will NOT be an election for 2024 but a horrible blood letting which will engulf not only U.S. citizens but all these ILLEGALS from all these other countries.
But HEY, Devin, if that’s what you and yours want…….GO FOR IT.
It took them more time then I expected to clear Trump of thoes bull shit charges that the Dimocrats tried to bring against him . What they should be worried about is the lunitick they lewft in office, Biden has set our country back a good 100 years from where we were before Biden and his son slithered into our oval office and leaving cocain scattered places around our capital ! Since Biden has shown the fact that he is definatly fit to buy ice cream , let alone be in command of our armed forces !! When is someone in the capital preferable a Republican like President Trump let him take over , and we can be a sovern nation once again !! There is an enormous job righting the wrongs that Biden has caused ! He has to get all the illeagles back where they belong, Close the border possibly for a very long time ! Let our Alies know we have a man in command that actually knows what he is doing ! and get our counrty back the the beautiful place it was before some idion let Joe Biden slide into our oval office !!!
So you would like the next president to indict Biden for his law fare and open border policy that I liken to treason by giving aid and comfort to those who would attack us. You cant have it both ways. Go ahead – jail Trump and provide a bed in the same cell with him for Biden. Think it through if you can.
First off Americans old enough to still be a real American with their genitals still in the right place should remember. Trumps entire life was led out on the news. No Stone was left unturned . We had no misguided conceptions about him. He is was a turd . And still is . But he is and was a great man in business.
These things being done to destroy by these Nazi terrorists that sit in our chambers. Who open our border. Who put 69 million + in the food supplies for Americans while starving to death the legal people. This is And always was Obama’s Agendas . He is the one in the earpiece . After Obama nearly ended this country . It took Trump to Bring it back !
The sad thing is ! The Entire Republican Party is nothing more than the anus connections of Democrats . There is no difference . He had no help period. One reason he gave jobs to those that were past administrations people . All of which were enemies of America before they were given a job from him . And those spineless do nothing wussies who give the demon terrorists everything they want never helped to make what he did for America law. All he could do was executive orders . Which with one stroke of Biden’s pen he took away . And they made sure through their propaganda media’s they lied and they also made sure the archives lied . Remember Bill and Hillary stole more than documents . They stole every historical item in the WH . And the Obama’s thought they could keep a Ship and 36 Tahoe’s. And the Clintons stole millions right in front of our eyes they conned you into giving to Haiti . Bill raped his way and both of them sexually assaulted little children. Through 2 terms
Where is the outrage people !
And now those same vile pathetic republicans are planning on getting in again on his coattails. Like they did in 2016 Never in our history has everyone else won and the top person lost.
We all know the putrid pedo who diddled his own daughter was placed in our house. Where is your outrage Americans?
But I For one hope God takes over . Or by his grace if his people who are called by his name May have mercy on America and give us a real man of God . Not Satan who will fool you. I pray this only for those that must come now. If God opened the ground and swallowed over 3000 people in a tribe for ones man’s disobedience What do you think DC would look like? Or we execute them all for the treason against this nation. And every Illegal that came across our border is and invader of our sovereign nation. And they should have been made to stop breathing . Instead the 69 billion have replaced and made our vote void . Over 10 illegals to our one vote cancels the legal people out. Americans must rise up . It’s to late for talking. We have a demented or look alike bending over and taking a crap in his pants while attending And International event. Now really ! Ask where the outrage is in the GOP.
The sooner Americans wake up and fight the sooner we remove those who think they are our rulers will no longer sit in our chambers . We grew up as free people . And will not go down quietly .
Rise or die . If you hate America leave. If you are illegal leave. We no longer want those who think they rule over us or you.
Legal Americans are first.
Working from home, I earn $165 per hour. When my neighbor told me she was now making an average of $95, I was very astonished, but now (ubd-83) I understand how it works. I now have a great deal of freedom thanks to becoming my own employer.
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