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President Trump has announced that he wants >
to hold several surprise Trump rallies in his home state of New York.
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The proposed rallies would take place in the South Bronx and Madison Square Garden, and it’s no wonder why: the people of New York love President Trump.
Not the smarmy liberals who inhabit the high-rises in downtown Manhattan, but the working-class people in New York love the former President.
As a former New Yorker, I can confirm that the guy was seen as a hometown hero for decades. It was only when he ran for President and the mainstream media engaged in a coordinated propaganda campaign against him that attitudes changed.
I wouldn’t even say they changed so much per se, anti-Trump sentiment was manufactured by the MSM and the elites.
The former President made his surprise announcement from New York City on Thursday:
🚨 Trump says he wants to hold rallies in the South Bronx and at Madison Square Garden.
pic.twitter.com/WcgeIEIoKb
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) April 25, 2024
Newsmax had more on the proposed rallies:
Speaking outside a Manhattan courtroom Thursday, Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, said the rally at Madison Square Garden will honor police, firefighters, and teachers.
As you can see, President Trump has received an outpouring of support from the people of New York amid the coordinated lawfare being waged against him.
New York Union Manager Bob Bartels, says that President Trump is beating Joe Biden three-to-one in a poll of 9,000 construction worker members. People are waking up. pic.twitter.com/M8F57QitRU
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) April 26, 2024
“USA! USA! USA!”
Patriotic chants break out as President Trump visits union workers at a construction site in New York City. pic.twitter.com/Cjh4vyziXv
— GOP (@GOP) April 25, 2024
Hundreds of union members came out to support President Trump in New York City.
“We love Trump!’” pic.twitter.com/DxkbCxNN8i
— GOP (@GOP) April 25, 2024
Little kids in Harlem to President Trump as he visits their neighborhood:
“I love you, Trump!” ♥️ pic.twitter.com/G1CLOAjHXb
— Karoline Leavitt (@kleavittnh) April 16, 2024
Fox Business featured this story about working-class union members in New York voicing their support for President Trump:
“I see it on the job. Everybody’s got Trump stickers on their hard hats,” Zuto’s colleague Ronald Dioguard added.
“They just see him as a passionate president for their country.
It’s undeniable how much he cares about the country. It’s not even a question.”
President Trump has announced that he wants >
to hold several surprise Trump rallies in his home state of New York.
(( NO Link ~ Received via e/Mail ))
(( Place *Pic-links in Browser ~ UnMute & hit Play Arrow ))
The proposed rallies would take place in the South Bronx and Madison Square Garden, and it’s no wonder why: the people of New York love President Trump.
Not the smarmy liberals who inhabit the high-rises in downtown Manhattan, but the working-class people in New York love the former President.
As a former New Yorker, I can confirm that the guy was seen as a hometown hero for decades. It was only when he ran for President and the mainstream media engaged in a coordinated propaganda campaign against him that attitudes changed.
I wouldn’t even say they changed so much per se, anti-Trump sentiment was manufactured by the MSM and the elites.
The former President made his surprise announcement from New York City on Thursday:
🚨 Trump says he wants to hold rallies in the South Bronx and at Madison Square Garden.
pic.twitter.com/WcgeIEIoKb
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) April 25, 2024
Newsmax had more on the proposed rallies:
Speaking outside a Manhattan courtroom Thursday, Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, said the rally at Madison Square Garden will honor police, firefighters, and teachers.
As you can see, President Trump has received an outpouring of support from the people of New York amid the coordinated lawfare being waged against him.
New York Union Manager Bob Bartels, says that President Trump is beating Joe Biden three-to-one in a poll of 9,000 construction worker members. People are waking up. pic.twitter.com/M8F57QitRU
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) April 26, 2024
“USA! USA! USA!”
Patriotic chants break out as President Trump visits union workers at a construction site in New York City. pic.twitter.com/Cjh4vyziXv
— GOP (@GOP) April 25, 2024
Hundreds of union members came out to support President Trump in New York City.
“We love Trump!’” pic.twitter.com/DxkbCxNN8i
— GOP (@GOP) April 25, 2024
Little kids in Harlem to President Trump as he visits their neighborhood:
“I love you, Trump!” ♥️ pic.twitter.com/G1CLOAjHXb
— Karoline Leavitt (@kleavittnh) April 16, 2024
Fox Business featured this story about working-class union members in New York voicing their support for President Trump:
“I see it on the job. Everybody’s got Trump stickers on their hard hats,” Zuto’s colleague Ronald Dioguard added.
“They just see him as a passionate president for their country.
It’s undeniable how much he cares about the country. It’s not even a question.”
President Trump has announced that he wants >
to hold several surprise Trump rallies in his home state of New York.
(( NO Link ~ Received via e/Mail ))
(( Place *Pic-links in Browser ~ UnMute & hit Play Arrow ))
The proposed rallies would take place in the South Bronx and Madison Square Garden, and it’s no wonder why: the people of New York love President Trump.
Not the smarmy liberals who inhabit the high-rises in downtown Manhattan, but the working-class people in New York love the former President.
As a former New Yorker, I can confirm that the guy was seen as a hometown hero for decades. It was only when he ran for President and the mainstream media engaged in a coordinated propaganda campaign against him that attitudes changed.
I wouldn’t even say they changed so much per se, anti-Trump sentiment was manufactured by the MSM and the elites.
The former President made his surprise announcement from New York City on Thursday:
🚨 Trump says he wants to hold rallies in the South Bronx and at Madison Square Garden.
pic.twitter.com/WcgeIEIoKb
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) April 25, 2024
Newsmax had more on the proposed rallies:
Speaking outside a Manhattan courtroom Thursday, Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, said the rally at Madison Square Garden will honor police, firefighters, and teachers.
As you can see, President Trump has received an outpouring of support from the people of New York amid the coordinated lawfare being waged against him.
New York Union Manager Bob Bartels, says that President Trump is beating Joe Biden three-to-one in a poll of 9,000 construction worker members. People are waking up. pic.twitter.com/M8F57QitRU
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) April 26, 2024
“USA! USA! USA!”
Patriotic chants break out as President Trump visits union workers at a construction site in New York City. pic.twitter.com/Cjh4vyziXv
— GOP (@GOP) April 25, 2024
Hundreds of union members came out to support President Trump in New York City.
“We love Trump!’” pic.twitter.com/DxkbCxNN8i
— GOP (@GOP) April 25, 2024
Little kids in Harlem to President Trump as he visits their neighborhood:
“I love you, Trump!” ♥️ pic.twitter.com/G1CLOAjHXb
— Karoline Leavitt (@kleavittnh) April 16, 2024
Fox Business featured this story about working-class union members in New York voicing their support for President Trump:
“I see it on the job. Everybody’s got Trump stickers on their hard hats,” Zuto’s colleague Ronald Dioguard added.
“They just see him as a passionate president for their country.
It’s undeniable how much he cares about the country. It’s not even a question.”
President Trump has announced that he wants >
to hold several surprise Trump rallies in his home state of New York.
(( NO Link ~ Received via e/Mail ))
(( Place *Pic-links in Browser ~ UnMute & hit Play Arrow ))
The proposed rallies would take place in the South Bronx and Madison Square Garden, and it’s no wonder why: the people of New York love President Trump.
Not the smarmy liberals who inhabit the high-rises in downtown Manhattan, but the working-class people in New York love the former President.
As a former New Yorker, I can confirm that the guy was seen as a hometown hero for decades. It was only when he ran for President and the mainstream media engaged in a coordinated propaganda campaign against him that attitudes changed.
I wouldn’t even say they changed so much per se, anti-Trump sentiment was manufactured by the MSM and the elites.
The former President made his surprise announcement from New York City on Thursday:
🚨 Trump says he wants to hold rallies in the South Bronx and at Madison Square Garden.
pic.twitter.com/WcgeIEIoKb
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) April 25, 2024
Newsmax had more on the proposed rallies:
Speaking outside a Manhattan courtroom Thursday, Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, said the rally at Madison Square Garden will honor police, firefighters, and teachers.
As you can see, President Trump has received an outpouring of support from the people of New York amid the coordinated lawfare being waged against him.
New York Union Manager Bob Bartels, says that President Trump is beating Joe Biden three-to-one in a poll of 9,000 construction worker members. People are waking up. pic.twitter.com/M8F57QitRU
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) April 26, 2024
“USA! USA! USA!”
Patriotic chants break out as President Trump visits union workers at a construction site in New York City. pic.twitter.com/Cjh4vyziXv
— GOP (@GOP) April 25, 2024
Hundreds of union members came out to support President Trump in New York City.
“We love Trump!’” pic.twitter.com/DxkbCxNN8i
— GOP (@GOP) April 25, 2024
Little kids in Harlem to President Trump as he visits their neighborhood:
“I love you, Trump!” ♥️ pic.twitter.com/G1CLOAjHXb
— Karoline Leavitt (@kleavittnh) April 16, 2024
Fox Business featured this story about working-class union members in New York voicing their support for President Trump:
“I see it on the job. Everybody’s got Trump stickers on their hard hats,” Zuto’s colleague Ronald Dioguard added.
“They just see him as a passionate president for their country.
It’s undeniable how much he cares about the country. It’s not even a question.”
President Trump has announced that he wants >
to hold several surprise Trump rallies in his home state of New York.
(( NO Link ~ Received via e/Mail ))
(( Place *Pic-links in Browser ~ UnMute & hit Play Arrow ))
The proposed rallies would take place in the South Bronx and Madison Square Garden, and it’s no wonder why: the people of New York love President Trump.
Not the smarmy liberals who inhabit the high-rises in downtown Manhattan, but the working-class people in New York love the former President.
As a former New Yorker, I can confirm that the guy was seen as a hometown hero for decades. It was only when he ran for President and the mainstream media engaged in a coordinated propaganda campaign against him that attitudes changed.
I wouldn’t even say they changed so much per se, anti-Trump sentiment was manufactured by the MSM and the elites.
The former President made his surprise announcement from New York City on Thursday:
🚨 Trump says he wants to hold rallies in the South Bronx and at Madison Square Garden.
pic.twitter.com/WcgeIEIoKb
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) April 25, 2024
Newsmax had more on the proposed rallies:
Speaking outside a Manhattan courtroom Thursday, Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, said the rally at Madison Square Garden will honor police, firefighters, and teachers.
As you can see, President Trump has received an outpouring of support from the people of New York amid the coordinated lawfare being waged against him.
New York Union Manager Bob Bartels, says that President Trump is beating Joe Biden three-to-one in a poll of 9,000 construction worker members. People are waking up. pic.twitter.com/M8F57QitRU
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) April 26, 2024
“USA! USA! USA!”
Patriotic chants break out as President Trump visits union workers at a construction site in New York City. pic.twitter.com/Cjh4vyziXv
— GOP (@GOP) April 25, 2024
Hundreds of union members came out to support President Trump in New York City.
“We love Trump!’” pic.twitter.com/DxkbCxNN8i
— GOP (@GOP) April 25, 2024
Little kids in Harlem to President Trump as he visits their neighborhood:
“I love you, Trump!” ♥️ pic.twitter.com/G1CLOAjHXb
— Karoline Leavitt (@kleavittnh) April 16, 2024
Fox Business featured this story about working-class union members in New York voicing their support for President Trump:
“I see it on the job. Everybody’s got Trump stickers on their hard hats,” Zuto’s colleague Ronald Dioguard added.
“They just see him as a passionate president for their country.
It’s undeniable how much he cares about the country. It’s not even a question.”
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Yeah, sure ..
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Trump finds sympathy among justices for some immunity >
https://americasvoice.news/justthenews/thurule-ages-trump-finds-sympathy-among-justices-some-immunity/
Trump finds sympathy among justices for some immunity >
https://americasvoice.news/justthenews/thurule-ages-trump-finds-sympathy-among-justices-some-immunity/
Trump finds sympathy among justices for some immunity >
https://americasvoice.news/justthenews/thurule-ages-trump-finds-sympathy-among-justices-some-immunity/
Trump finds sympathy among justices for some immunity >
https://americasvoice.news/justthenews/thurule-ages-trump-finds-sympathy-among-justices-some-immunity/
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HAPPENING NOW: RSBN coverage of arguments on President Trump’s immunity case before the U.S. Supreme Court begins NOW, with opening statement from Trump attorney John Sauer
HAPPENING NOW: RSBN coverage of arguments on President Trump’s immunity case before the U.S. Supreme Court begins NOW, with opening statement from Trump attorney John Sauer pic.twitter.com/0AxcUWycx7
— RSBN 🇺🇸 (@RSBNetwork) April 25, 2024
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I thought they said Walls don't work >>
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Supreme Court to hear arguments in Trump election interference case >
The Supreme Court will take up former President Donald Trump’s “absolute immunity” defense this week, and if he wins, the result could knock down many of the criminal charges he’s facing.
The case is groundbreaking. No former president has ever found himself in Mr. Trump’s situation or asserted the kind of protection from prosecution for acts taken while in office.
Mr. Trump has asked the justices to dismiss a federal indictment accusing him of a conspiracy to subvert the 2020 election. He faces another federal criminal case over his handling of classified documents, a Georgia case over the 2020 election and a New York case over hush money payments made before the 2016 election.
Experts said the cases dealing with his actions while in the White House could topple, should the justices accept his broad immunity argument.
“There could be quite a ripple effect,” said Ted Cooperstein, an appellate attorney representing defendants in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Even a narrow ruling, in which the justices kick the election interference case back to lower courts to decide what exactly constitutes an official act, could result in delays in reaching a trial, effectively pushing the issue beyond November’s election.
SEE ALSO: You’re on your own: Dems want to send Trump to prison without Secret Service protection
The case raises big questions about the presidency, its powers and its leeway for action.
Mr. Trump argues that a president must be free from fear of legal jeopardy for “official acts” in order to carry out the job. Worrying about a later prosecution could leave the world’s most powerful official constrained at times requiring the most flexibility.
His lawyers told the Supreme Court the only exception to absolute immunity is when the House impeaches and the Senate convicts and removes a president.
Short of that, allowing laws written by Congress and judged by the courts to constrain the president, as co-equal branches of government, would upend the Constitution’s balance of power, Mr. Trump’s lawyers said.
“The Founders viewed protecting the independence of the Presidency as well worth the risk that some Presidents might evade punishment in marginal cases,” Mr. Trump’s lawyers argued in their legal filings.
Special counsel Jack Smith, who is leading the two federal cases against Mr. Trump, calls those claims “novel and sweeping.” He said a president must prove he was acting under a specific presidential power to claim immunity and Mr. Trump can’t point to any power he was exercising when he tried to upend the results of the 2020 election.
He said all previous presidents understood they could face criminal liability once out of office. Indeed, former President Richard Nixon accepted a pardon from his successor, President Gerald Ford.
“Nothing in constitutional text, history, precedent, or policy considerations supports the absolute immunity that petitioner seeks,” Mr. Smith told the justices in his filings.
Curt Levey, president of the Committee for Justice, said a ruling in favor of Mr. Trump could affect Mr. Smith’s document-handling case in a federal court in Florida and the election interference case in state court in Georgia.
But he said the New York hush money case is different. The action in question there took place when Mr. Trump was a candidate for the 2016 election.
“I think in the Florida and the Georgia cases you have a stronger argument they are official acts,” Mr. Levey said.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/22/supreme-court-to-decide-on-absolute-immunity-for-t/?bt_ee=4ibnd9XP2PJYtVkw4KIk6JWRnJ47KW4NpXq4gt2RF2gZsCsFbiXbQB%2Fh4219v1cD&bt_ts=1713789359222
Supreme Court to hear arguments in Trump election interference case >
The Supreme Court will take up former President Donald Trump’s “absolute immunity” defense this week, and if he wins, the result could knock down many of the criminal charges he’s facing.
The case is groundbreaking. No former president has ever found himself in Mr. Trump’s situation or asserted the kind of protection from prosecution for acts taken while in office.
Mr. Trump has asked the justices to dismiss a federal indictment accusing him of a conspiracy to subvert the 2020 election. He faces another federal criminal case over his handling of classified documents, a Georgia case over the 2020 election and a New York case over hush money payments made before the 2016 election.
Experts said the cases dealing with his actions while in the White House could topple, should the justices accept his broad immunity argument.
“There could be quite a ripple effect,” said Ted Cooperstein, an appellate attorney representing defendants in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Even a narrow ruling, in which the justices kick the election interference case back to lower courts to decide what exactly constitutes an official act, could result in delays in reaching a trial, effectively pushing the issue beyond November’s election.
SEE ALSO: You’re on your own: Dems want to send Trump to prison without Secret Service protection
The case raises big questions about the presidency, its powers and its leeway for action.
Mr. Trump argues that a president must be free from fear of legal jeopardy for “official acts” in order to carry out the job. Worrying about a later prosecution could leave the world’s most powerful official constrained at times requiring the most flexibility.
His lawyers told the Supreme Court the only exception to absolute immunity is when the House impeaches and the Senate convicts and removes a president.
Short of that, allowing laws written by Congress and judged by the courts to constrain the president, as co-equal branches of government, would upend the Constitution’s balance of power, Mr. Trump’s lawyers said.
“The Founders viewed protecting the independence of the Presidency as well worth the risk that some Presidents might evade punishment in marginal cases,” Mr. Trump’s lawyers argued in their legal filings.
Special counsel Jack Smith, who is leading the two federal cases against Mr. Trump, calls those claims “novel and sweeping.” He said a president must prove he was acting under a specific presidential power to claim immunity and Mr. Trump can’t point to any power he was exercising when he tried to upend the results of the 2020 election.
He said all previous presidents understood they could face criminal liability once out of office. Indeed, former President Richard Nixon accepted a pardon from his successor, President Gerald Ford.
“Nothing in constitutional text, history, precedent, or policy considerations supports the absolute immunity that petitioner seeks,” Mr. Smith told the justices in his filings.
Curt Levey, president of the Committee for Justice, said a ruling in favor of Mr. Trump could affect Mr. Smith’s document-handling case in a federal court in Florida and the election interference case in state court in Georgia.
But he said the New York hush money case is different. The action in question there took place when Mr. Trump was a candidate for the 2016 election.
“I think in the Florida and the Georgia cases you have a stronger argument they are official acts,” Mr. Levey said.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/22/supreme-court-to-decide-on-absolute-immunity-for-t/?bt_ee=4ibnd9XP2PJYtVkw4KIk6JWRnJ47KW4NpXq4gt2RF2gZsCsFbiXbQB%2Fh4219v1cD&bt_ts=1713789359222
Supreme Court to hear arguments in Trump election interference case >
The Supreme Court will take up former President Donald Trump’s “absolute immunity” defense this week, and if he wins, the result could knock down many of the criminal charges he’s facing.
The case is groundbreaking. No former president has ever found himself in Mr. Trump’s situation or asserted the kind of protection from prosecution for acts taken while in office.
Mr. Trump has asked the justices to dismiss a federal indictment accusing him of a conspiracy to subvert the 2020 election. He faces another federal criminal case over his handling of classified documents, a Georgia case over the 2020 election and a New York case over hush money payments made before the 2016 election.
Experts said the cases dealing with his actions while in the White House could topple, should the justices accept his broad immunity argument.
“There could be quite a ripple effect,” said Ted Cooperstein, an appellate attorney representing defendants in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Even a narrow ruling, in which the justices kick the election interference case back to lower courts to decide what exactly constitutes an official act, could result in delays in reaching a trial, effectively pushing the issue beyond November’s election.
SEE ALSO: You’re on your own: Dems want to send Trump to prison without Secret Service protection
The case raises big questions about the presidency, its powers and its leeway for action.
Mr. Trump argues that a president must be free from fear of legal jeopardy for “official acts” in order to carry out the job. Worrying about a later prosecution could leave the world’s most powerful official constrained at times requiring the most flexibility.
His lawyers told the Supreme Court the only exception to absolute immunity is when the House impeaches and the Senate convicts and removes a president.
Short of that, allowing laws written by Congress and judged by the courts to constrain the president, as co-equal branches of government, would upend the Constitution’s balance of power, Mr. Trump’s lawyers said.
“The Founders viewed protecting the independence of the Presidency as well worth the risk that some Presidents might evade punishment in marginal cases,” Mr. Trump’s lawyers argued in their legal filings.
Special counsel Jack Smith, who is leading the two federal cases against Mr. Trump, calls those claims “novel and sweeping.” He said a president must prove he was acting under a specific presidential power to claim immunity and Mr. Trump can’t point to any power he was exercising when he tried to upend the results of the 2020 election.
He said all previous presidents understood they could face criminal liability once out of office. Indeed, former President Richard Nixon accepted a pardon from his successor, President Gerald Ford.
“Nothing in constitutional text, history, precedent, or policy considerations supports the absolute immunity that petitioner seeks,” Mr. Smith told the justices in his filings.
Curt Levey, president of the Committee for Justice, said a ruling in favor of Mr. Trump could affect Mr. Smith’s document-handling case in a federal court in Florida and the election interference case in state court in Georgia.
But he said the New York hush money case is different. The action in question there took place when Mr. Trump was a candidate for the 2016 election.
“I think in the Florida and the Georgia cases you have a stronger argument they are official acts,” Mr. Levey said.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/22/supreme-court-to-decide-on-absolute-immunity-for-t/?bt_ee=4ibnd9XP2PJYtVkw4KIk6JWRnJ47KW4NpXq4gt2RF2gZsCsFbiXbQB%2Fh4219v1cD&bt_ts=1713789359222
Supreme Court to hear arguments in Trump election interference case >
The Supreme Court will take up former President Donald Trump’s “absolute immunity” defense this week, and if he wins, the result could knock down many of the criminal charges he’s facing.
The case is groundbreaking. No former president has ever found himself in Mr. Trump’s situation or asserted the kind of protection from prosecution for acts taken while in office.
Mr. Trump has asked the justices to dismiss a federal indictment accusing him of a conspiracy to subvert the 2020 election. He faces another federal criminal case over his handling of classified documents, a Georgia case over the 2020 election and a New York case over hush money payments made before the 2016 election.
Experts said the cases dealing with his actions while in the White House could topple, should the justices accept his broad immunity argument.
“There could be quite a ripple effect,” said Ted Cooperstein, an appellate attorney representing defendants in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Even a narrow ruling, in which the justices kick the election interference case back to lower courts to decide what exactly constitutes an official act, could result in delays in reaching a trial, effectively pushing the issue beyond November’s election.
SEE ALSO: You’re on your own: Dems want to send Trump to prison without Secret Service protection
The case raises big questions about the presidency, its powers and its leeway for action.
Mr. Trump argues that a president must be free from fear of legal jeopardy for “official acts” in order to carry out the job. Worrying about a later prosecution could leave the world’s most powerful official constrained at times requiring the most flexibility.
His lawyers told the Supreme Court the only exception to absolute immunity is when the House impeaches and the Senate convicts and removes a president.
Short of that, allowing laws written by Congress and judged by the courts to constrain the president, as co-equal branches of government, would upend the Constitution’s balance of power, Mr. Trump’s lawyers said.
“The Founders viewed protecting the independence of the Presidency as well worth the risk that some Presidents might evade punishment in marginal cases,” Mr. Trump’s lawyers argued in their legal filings.
Special counsel Jack Smith, who is leading the two federal cases against Mr. Trump, calls those claims “novel and sweeping.” He said a president must prove he was acting under a specific presidential power to claim immunity and Mr. Trump can’t point to any power he was exercising when he tried to upend the results of the 2020 election.
He said all previous presidents understood they could face criminal liability once out of office. Indeed, former President Richard Nixon accepted a pardon from his successor, President Gerald Ford.
“Nothing in constitutional text, history, precedent, or policy considerations supports the absolute immunity that petitioner seeks,” Mr. Smith told the justices in his filings.
Curt Levey, president of the Committee for Justice, said a ruling in favor of Mr. Trump could affect Mr. Smith’s document-handling case in a federal court in Florida and the election interference case in state court in Georgia.
But he said the New York hush money case is different. The action in question there took place when Mr. Trump was a candidate for the 2016 election.
“I think in the Florida and the Georgia cases you have a stronger argument they are official acts,” Mr. Levey said.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/22/supreme-court-to-decide-on-absolute-immunity-for-t/?bt_ee=4ibnd9XP2PJYtVkw4KIk6JWRnJ47KW4NpXq4gt2RF2gZsCsFbiXbQB%2Fh4219v1cD&bt_ts=1713789359222
Supreme Court to hear arguments in Trump election interference case >
The Supreme Court will take up former President Donald Trump’s “absolute immunity” defense this week, and if he wins, the result could knock down many of the criminal charges he’s facing.
The case is groundbreaking. No former president has ever found himself in Mr. Trump’s situation or asserted the kind of protection from prosecution for acts taken while in office.
Mr. Trump has asked the justices to dismiss a federal indictment accusing him of a conspiracy to subvert the 2020 election. He faces another federal criminal case over his handling of classified documents, a Georgia case over the 2020 election and a New York case over hush money payments made before the 2016 election.
Experts said the cases dealing with his actions while in the White House could topple, should the justices accept his broad immunity argument.
“There could be quite a ripple effect,” said Ted Cooperstein, an appellate attorney representing defendants in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Even a narrow ruling, in which the justices kick the election interference case back to lower courts to decide what exactly constitutes an official act, could result in delays in reaching a trial, effectively pushing the issue beyond November’s election.
SEE ALSO: You’re on your own: Dems want to send Trump to prison without Secret Service protection
The case raises big questions about the presidency, its powers and its leeway for action.
Mr. Trump argues that a president must be free from fear of legal jeopardy for “official acts” in order to carry out the job. Worrying about a later prosecution could leave the world’s most powerful official constrained at times requiring the most flexibility.
His lawyers told the Supreme Court the only exception to absolute immunity is when the House impeaches and the Senate convicts and removes a president.
Short of that, allowing laws written by Congress and judged by the courts to constrain the president, as co-equal branches of government, would upend the Constitution’s balance of power, Mr. Trump’s lawyers said.
“The Founders viewed protecting the independence of the Presidency as well worth the risk that some Presidents might evade punishment in marginal cases,” Mr. Trump’s lawyers argued in their legal filings.
Special counsel Jack Smith, who is leading the two federal cases against Mr. Trump, calls those claims “novel and sweeping.” He said a president must prove he was acting under a specific presidential power to claim immunity and Mr. Trump can’t point to any power he was exercising when he tried to upend the results of the 2020 election.
He said all previous presidents understood they could face criminal liability once out of office. Indeed, former President Richard Nixon accepted a pardon from his successor, President Gerald Ford.
“Nothing in constitutional text, history, precedent, or policy considerations supports the absolute immunity that petitioner seeks,” Mr. Smith told the justices in his filings.
Curt Levey, president of the Committee for Justice, said a ruling in favor of Mr. Trump could affect Mr. Smith’s document-handling case in a federal court in Florida and the election interference case in state court in Georgia.
But he said the New York hush money case is different. The action in question there took place when Mr. Trump was a candidate for the 2016 election.
“I think in the Florida and the Georgia cases you have a stronger argument they are official acts,” Mr. Levey said.
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