Yesterday, in a landmark 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that former presidents have broad immunity from prosecution for acts related to the core powers of their offices.
This means Trump’s lawsuit will be sent back to a lower court to determine whether his actions on January 6 were official or unofficial.
How should this ruling be interpreted, and what are its implications going forward? Glenn Beck, Stu BruguiereAlan Dershowitz discusses the case.
Trump immunity lawsuit explained: Alan Dershowitz’s biggest takeawaysYoutube
“I think this is a victory for the Republic,” Glenn said.
Dershowitz agreed, adding that it’s also a likely win for Donald Trump because “there probably won’t be a trial before the election.”
However, I [the ruling] “That would be difficult to implement in practice because everything the president does is what he does as president. It’s very hard to separate private acts from public acts,” he explains.
Plus, “there’s really no formal process to determine whether these are formal actions, so it’s a maze of legal rulings and challenges,” Stu added.
And there’s another potential problem.
“This will be enforced by lower courts and the lower courts in the District of Columbia. [is] “This is completely biased against Trump,” Dershowitz said, adding that it “may end up back at the Supreme Court.”
But Glenn has a prophecy.
“If President Trump loses this election… these incidents will go away,” he said. “But if… [Trump] If Trump wins this election, they will fight tooth and nail to bring him down to the last detail.”
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