Supreme Court Rules Former Presidents Have Some Immunity for Official Acts

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

43% : "Still, Roberts cautioned, "Trump asserts a far broader immunity than the limited one we have recognized."
37% : If Trump is elected President again, he could order the Justice Department to dismiss the federal charges against him.
28% : "I'm not concerned about this case, but I am concerned about future uses of the criminal law to target political opponents based on accusations about their motives," Gorsuch said.Smith, who brought the charges against Trump, wrote to the Supreme Court that even if it finds that some level of immunity exists for official acts, a trial could still get underway focused on Trump's private actions in the indictment.
24% : Trump was found guilty and convicted on all 34 counts in that case and is set to be sentenced on July 11.
21% : "The Supreme Court offered some specific guidance on the conduct at issue in the criminal case brought by special counsel Jack Smith against Trump over his alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
21% : Trump is also facing criminal cases in Florida and Georgia.
17% : But the Supreme Court didn't offer answers on other conduct alleged in Smith's indictment, writing that further proceedings at the lower court level are needed to determine whether Trump can be prosecuted for his alleged attempt to pressure then-Vice President Mike Pence to reject the Electoral College vote, and his interactions with state officials, private people, and voters about election fraud and the violence on Jan. 6.Sending these questions back to a lower court all but guarantees that Trump's stalled federal trial in Washington, D.C will be delayed until after voters decide in November whether to return Trump to the White House.
13% : Roberts wrote for the conservative majority that Trump is "absolutely immune" from prosecution for his alleged conduct relating to conversations with Justice Department officials about launching investigations into election fraud and potential fraudulent slates of electors.

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