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Supreme Court immunity arguments: The court just showed how and why it will let Donald Trump get away with it.
By Mark Joseph Stern & Dahlia Lithwick
Takeaways from the Supreme Court arguments on Trump’s absolute immunity claims
By John Fritze, Marshall Cohen & Tierney Sneed
The Trumpification of the Supreme Court
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A deeper look at the Supreme Court's oral arguments in the Trump immunity case from @hassankanu
prospect.org/justice/2024-05-01-supreme-court-look-past-january-6th/
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A rare bad call by Jack Smith’s lawyer in the SCOTUS immunity argument: “Because the attorney general wields delegated presidential power, the president could simply immunize himself by judging his own actions lawful” under the rule Dreeben’s defended!
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At the Supreme Court hearing over Trump’s immunity claims, the arguments veered close to Richard Nixon’s claim that “when the president does it, that means that it is not illegal.” bit.ly/3JHFTD1
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Brett Kavanaugh’s appointment might be about to pay off for Trump, as the justice’s preference for unrestrained executive power was on display at last week. bit.ly/3JHFTD1
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