The court’s decision raised fears that a future president will be able to act with impunity because official acts have been deemed off limits from prosecution.
By Patrick Marley, The Washington PostNadine Seiler holds up a sign outside of the Supreme Court of the United States in Washington, D.C. on Monday. The Supreme Court issued a murky ruling on the issue of former president Donald Trump’s claim that he is immune from prosecution on charges of trying to overturn the 2020 election.
Becker, a former voting rights attorney with the Justice Department, said he believed the prosecution of Trump for his past behavior can advance in some form. But holding Trump and other presidents accountable will be far more difficult afterLike the court’s dissenters, led by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Becker cited hypothetical examples of presidents ordering the military to kill their political rivals.
The Watergate scandal began with a break-in at the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee and expanded to include a host of clandestine and illicit activities in which the Nixon administration and campaign played a part, resulting in dozens of convictions of Nixon aides and associates. University of Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller said the decision makes it harder to prosecute presidents but does not give them a pass.
“I don’t know that I would be citing this too readily if I’m president trying to evade criminal responsibility in the future,” Muller said. The dissenters, Roberts wrote, were engaging in “fear mongering on the basis of extreme hypotheticals.”
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