Welcome to the beat. I'm Katie Fang in for Ari Melber. The Supreme Court

today handing down a win for Donald Trump in his federal insurrection case. A

consequential decision that will affect presidential power for years to come,

ruling that Trump has immunity for some of his official conduct as president,

but not for private unofficial acts.

Here's how that played out.

The High Court has just issued one of its most

consequential rulings in recent decades.

The president has absolute immunity for core constitutional powers, however not for

unofficial acts.

Five alarm firing.

Trump's Supreme Court has decreed him a king.

How the justices rule could well define the parameters of power

of the American presidency.

There's really nobody who could claim that our founders wanted a president to have this kind of power.

So the justices split along party lines.

Chief Justice John Roberts writing the majority opinion ruling that a president is quote

absolutely immune from criminal prosecution for conduct within his

exclusive sphere of constitutional authority. But noting quote the president does not above the law, but the president

may not be prosecuted for exercising his core constitutional powers. So

technically, Jacksmith's case against Trump can proceed, but it will be significantly altered

and it is now up to Judge Tanya Chukin to make the initial determination

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