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US Supreme Court rules Trump has immunity for official, not private acts (www.reuters.com)

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago

The ruling on presidential immunity today was pretty paradoxical, he has criminal immunity to breaking the law if he argues it's "to take care that laws be faithfully executed." Absolute immunity even since that's right in article 2, so why not?