So you are at the Supreme Court this morning.

Did they like hand you a massive printout that says here's the actual decision? Yes, here it is. There it is. This is it.

That's our colleague Jess Braven, holding a copy of the last Supreme Court decision of this term, and one of the most significant.

The decision said presidents should be immune from prosecution for official actions they took while in office.

Well, this is a monumental ruling for the Supreme Court, and I think that it will be one of those that goes down in history. It will be a watershed of

executive power. This is an extremely broad view of executive power, extremely deferential to the president and the presidency.

And for former President Donald Trump, the decision was a major victory in his fight against

the January 6th case brought by special prosecutor Jack Smith.

Well, the decision was about everything that Donald Trump and his lawyers could have expected from the Supreme Court.

The decision found that there was a sort of a sweeping level of absolute immunity

for anything a former president had done while he was in office.

It was part of his official constitutional responsibilities.

And so the Supreme Court left a very, very narrow pathway for Jacksmith to proceed with the prosecution of

Donald Trump.

Welcome to the Journal, our show about money, business, and power.

I'm Ryan Knutzen.

It's Monday, July 1st.

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The case before the Supreme Court had to do with Trump's actions after he lost the 2020 election.

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