READ: Supreme Court ruling in Trump immunity case

The Hill

1 July 2024 at 10:35 am·1-min read

The Supreme Court on Monday issued its ruling, a 6-3 vote, in the highly anticipated case to determine whether presidents have immunity in their actions, official and unofficial.

Former President Trump claimed he had presidential immunity from criminal prosecution. Trump’s appeal froze his indictment in the nation’s capital, where a federal court has charged him with conspiring to subvert the 2020 election results, from moving ahead toward trial.

The Supreme Court’s ruling comes less than five months before Election Day, when Trump hopes to retake the White House, giving him the authority to stop his prosecutions from proceeding and possibly firing special counsel Jack Smith.

The full opinion file, 119 pages, includes the majority opinion, concurring opinions from Justices Clarence Thomas (page 52) and Amy Coney Barrett (page 61), and the dissent written by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, which starts on page 68.

Read live updates in the case here.

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