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Record 191K Murders Reported Under Mexican President’s Watch

As Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) nears the end of his six-year presidency, his legacy will be the highest number of murders recorded during a presidential term since the Mexican Revolution. The 191,600 murders recorded during his term highlight the devastating impact of the “Abrazos, no fire” or “hugs, not bullets” policy he adopted to […]

Supreme Court Upholds ‘Absolute Immunity’ for Presidents in Trump Case

Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Donald Trump’s favor in the presidential immunity case, complicating at least two prosecutions against the 45th president. “Under our constitutional structure of separated powers, the nature of presidential power entitles a former president to absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions within his conclusive and preclusive […]

Luttig: Trump, other presidents now 'above the law'

Former federal judge J. Michael Luttig said former President Trump and other U.S. presidents can be considered “above the law” after the Supreme Court ruled Monday that core presidential powers are immune from prosecution. “We can never again say in America that no one is above the law,” said Luttig, a longtime conservative judge on […]

Immunity Decision Will Let Presidents Go After Political Opponents

Democrats suggested Monday that if former President Donald Trump returns to the White House following a Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity, they could legally pursue political opponents. Trump vs. the United States If Trump becomes president, immunity will not be an issue. What matters is that Americans should begin to understand the authoritarian rule […]

Supreme Court Says Presidents Covered by Limited Immunity

The US Supreme Court on Monday sided with former President Donald Trump, ruling 6-3 that presidents have limited immunity from criminal prosecution for acts committed while in office. The decision here. According to the summary of the judgment, the court ruled as follows: Under our constitutional separation of powers structure, the nature of presidential power […]