Toda yin the episode of Trump News, The Supreme Court deliberated about whether or not former presidents are shielded from prosecution and the specifics of that immunity for almost three hours on Thursday.
If Donald Trump, the prior president, can be tried for allegedly attempting to rig the 2020 election will depend on how it responds to this question.
Each justice stated that the outcome would have a long-term impact on US democracy.
The ruling will govern the future.
A day after the court’s final planned argument of the term, the case—heard in a special session—centers on Mr. Trump’s assertion that he should be granted complete immunity from prosecution for any crimes he perpetrated while in power.
Mr. Trump claims that this immunity protects him from criminal charges that US Special Counsel Jack Smith has brought against him for his purported attempt to tamper with the 2020 election results.
The trial will not resume until the court renders its judgment, which is anticipated in June.
A split ruling may be likely as a result of the justices’ pointed inquiries, which were directed at both sides and revealed division within the bench.
That split might also result in a more difficult choice, which would drag out any trial restart for a long time.
In addition, they discussed Operation Mongoose, a 1960s operation in which President John F. Kennedy ordered the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to conduct clandestine activities against Fidel Castro,
and the pardoning of Richard Nixon, another former president, for his role in the Watergate scandal.
The concept that all past US presidents should enjoy some kind of immunity appeared to be supported by the conservative side,
but the arguments put up by Mr. Trump’s attorney, Dean John Sauer, that a former president enjoys almost complete immunity from prosecution sounded doubtful to all of the justices.
Splitting the decision, meaning that parts of it are decided by lower courts, might mean that neither Mr. Trump’s attorney nor the special counsel will receive all of the credit.
That would undoubtedly cause more delay.