Welcome to the news hour. In one of its most anticipated rulings of the year,

the Supreme Court declared that former President Donald Trump is immune from criminal prosecution

for any so-called official act taken as president, but not

unofficial ones taken as a candidate. The 6-3 ruling was split along ideological lines

and it will most likely delay Trump's federal election

subversion trial until after the November election. The former president today

cheered the ruling calling it quote a big win for our Constitution and democracy.

To discuss this historic ruling and how it reshapes presidential power

I'm joined now by news hour Supreme Court analyst Marsha coil and our

William Bringham who's been following

the criminal cases against Mr. Trump.

Great to see you both.

Marsha, start us off here.

This was a ruling so many had been waiting for.

It was Chief Justice John Roberts who wrote the

opinion for the majority here. What's the essence of that ruling? The Chief

Justice said that very basically that certain core presidential powers are absolutely immune from prosecution.

And those kind of powers would include things like the pardon power, the recognition of foreign

nations, the appointment of foreign ambassadors. For all other official acts, the

court said there's a presumption of immunity and as you know I'm not from

criminal law the presumption of innocence that presumptions can be rebutted and in this

case the court said that the prosecution

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