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Supreme Court gives new reason to fear Trump’s return

Given his post-presidential behaviour, can anyone seriously view granting Donald Trump “official” immunity from his actions with calmness?

Peter Spiegel

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At any other time, and with any other president, the landmark decision by the US Supreme Court vastly expanding presidential powers would generate little more than scholarly hand-wringing.

Indeed, the 6-3 majority’s ruling that a sitting president should have “absolute immunity” from criminal prosecution from actions he takes when exercising “his core constitutional powers” has a certain pragmatic logic to it.

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