Lawrence Hurley covers the Supreme Court for NBC News.
The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing in September on whether legislation is needed to limit the impact of the recent Supreme Court ruling that said former President Donald Trump had some immunity for his conduct in seeking to overturn the 2020 election. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill, who chairs the committee, announced that the hearing would look into the legal and policy ramifications of the decision. An exact date for the hearing has not yet been set.
The court ruled that certain core presidential duties are completely protected while other so-called 'official acts' are presumed to be subject to immunity too. Only unofficial acts are not subject to any immunity. The ruling has faced considerable criticism, including from legal experts who accused the conservative justices of abandoning their stated reliance on the text of the Constitution and its original meaning.
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