Supreme Court says Trump is partly shielded from prosecution - The Boston Globe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% : "Trump embraced the outcome on social media, celebrating the ruling.
56% : The court decided the case restoring Trump to the ballot at a brisk pace, hearing arguments a month after agreeing to and issuing its decision a month after that.
50% : And where the chief justice stressed the importance of protecting all presidents, the dissents focused on Trump.
47% : Trump contended that he is entitled to absolute immunity from the charges, relying on a broad understanding of the separation of powers and a 1982 Supreme Court precedent that recognized such immunity in civil cases for actions taken by presidents within the "outer perimeter" of their official responsibilities.
40% : He added that the trial judge must undertake an intensive factual review to separate official and unofficial conduct and to assess whether prosecutors can overcome the presumption protecting Trump for his official conduct.
39% : After the appeals court ruled against Trump, he asked the Supreme Court to intervene.
38% : "We therefore remand to the district court to assess in the first instance, with appropriate input from the parties, whether a prosecution involving Trump's alleged attempts to influence the vice president's oversight of the certification proceeding in his capacity as president of the Senate would pose any dangers of intrusion on the authority and functions of the executive branch," he wrote.Other parts of the indictment against Trump, Roberts said, "require a close analysis of the indictment's extensive and interrelated allegations.
36% : Two of the four charges against Trump are based on that law.
32% : If Trump prevails at the polls, the issue could become moot since he could order the Justice Department to drop the charges.
30% : Chief Justice John Roberts, writing for the majority, said Trump had at least presumptive immunity for his official acts.
29% : The court, without discussing whether Trump was covered by the provision, ruled that states may not use it to exclude candidates for the presidency from the ballot.
28% : Trump, the chief justice wrote, is "absolutely immune from prosecution for the alleged conduct involving his discussions with Justice Department officials.
24% : At the argument, several of the conservative justices did not seem inclined to examine the details of the charges against Trump.
21% : In March, the court unanimously rejected an attempt to bar Trump from the ballot under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which makes people who engage in insurrection ineligible to hold office.

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