Three Republican attorneys general are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to adopt a two-factor legal test to measure presidential immunity.
, which was also signed by Wyoming Attorney General Bridget Hill and Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor. In the brief, they asked the high court to define the boundaries of presidential immunity and take a broad approach to it when the justices hear Trump’s oral arguments on April 25.
The first-of-its-kind case could set a precedent going forward that brings criminal charges to any current or former president. Therefore, the attorneys general argue, the justices should establish a two-factor legal test that could be applied to cases regarding presidential immunity.
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