Editorial: Trump immunity ruling has troubling implications for the election and democracy

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : The status of other actions by Trump in furtherance of his scheme will be decided by a lower court.
42% : It also makes it almost certain that Trump won't be put on trial before the November election.
39% : But the court declined to say whether several actions allegedly taken by the former president would be immune from prosecution, though it did find that Trump enjoyed immunity for one course of conduct described in the indictment -- his discussions with Justice Department officials about investigating purported election fraud and sending a letter from the department to various states.
34% : Monday's decision, which came more than two months after oral arguments, doesn't give Trump everything he wanted and doesn't derail the federal prosecution of the former president for his outrageous attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
31% : If Trump wins that election, he could move to abort the prosecution.
31% : "Whether or not Trump faces a jury of his peers in this case, that is a dangerous idea.
27% : (It's unclear whether that decision will hobble the case against Trump.)
25% : This decision comes after the court last week ruled that an obstruction statute used against Jan. 6 defendants -- which also figures in the charges against Trump -- had been interpreted too broadly.
20% : Even if Smith is able to prosecute Trump for "unofficial" acts, Roberts said prosecutors couldn't introduce as evidence testimony or documents related to official acts that were also part of the alleged illegal scheme.
17% : Roberts said that a lower court must decide whether prosecuting Trump for his lobbying of Pence would pose a danger of intrusion on executive branch authority.

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