WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 —Donald Trump returns to the White House shielded with presidential immunity by the Supreme Court and with the prospect of cementing a conservative majority...
‘This is slander’: Video of PM Anwar’s CNN interview on Israel-Palestine conflict edited, does not reflect full context, says Fahmi; MCMC ordered to investigateUS President-elect Donald Trump attends the America First Policy Institute Gala held at Mar-a-Lago on November 14, 2024 in Palm Beach, Florida. — AFP picWASHINGTON, Nov.
“It certainly presents the opportunity for them to retire with some assurance that their successor would continue their philosophy,” said Christopher Peters, a law professor at the University of Akron. “And I certainly wouldn’t be surprised if that happened.” Trump, the only former US president to be convicted of a crime—falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment to a porn star—will take office in January emboldened by the top court’s ruling in July that an ex-president has broad immunity from criminal prosecution, Schwinn said.
Smith, the special counsel, is winding down the election interference case against Trump in light of the long-standing Justice Department policy that a sitting US president cannot be indicted or criminally prosecuted.Schwinn said the immunity ruling “not only allows, but affirmatively invites, a president to engage in illegal behavior and provides a kind of roadmap for doing that while also immunizing themselves.
Steve Vladeck, a law professor at Georgetown University, noted that the Supreme Court did check Trump on a number of occasions during his first term in the White House. But the court, Vladeck noted, has its own problems with approval ratings at near record lows and perceived ethics questions surrounding luxury vacations taken by Thomas and Alito that were paid for by powerful Republican billionaires.
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