What’s the long-term impact of SCOTUS’ presidential immunity ruling?

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🗓️ 5 July 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Trump’s actions during his presidency were within constitutional power. The prosecution of his role in the January 6, 2021 insurrection will be delayed until after the election this November. The Left, Right, and Center panel discusses concerns about presidential power and what this would mean after the election.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone it's left right and center I am David Green with Sarah Isger and
0:05.3	Moelithy well the Supreme Court has delivered that big ruling we have been
0:10.1	waiting for dealing with presidential immunity, specifically here
0:14.3	Donald Trump's immunity from prosecution. This seemed on its face like very good
0:20.0	news for the former president and Donald Trump gave a statement following the ruling he told
0:24.3	Fox News digital this is a big win for our Constitution and for democracy now I am free to
0:31.1	campaign like anyone else.
0:34.0	President Biden responded to the ruling at the White House.
0:37.6	He made the point, Mo I think a point that you've often made about how this is still all in the hands of the
0:44.3	American people. So now, now the American people have to do what the court
0:48.7	should have been willing to do, but will not. The American people have to render a judgment about Donald Trump's behavior.
0:56.2	The American people must decide whether Donald Trump's assault on our democracy on January 6
1:01.4	makes him unfit for public office and the highest office in the land.
1:05.6	The American people must decide if Trump's embrace of violence to preserve his power is acceptable.
1:13.6	Perhaps most importantly, the American people must decide.
1:17.6	They want to entrust the president once again,
1:21.2	the presidency to Donald Trump, now knowing he'll be more emboldened to do whatever
1:26.2	he pleases, whenever he wants to do it.
1:28.2	All right, the president there, so after this ruling by the Supreme Court, the trial dealing with Donald Trump's role in the January 6th
1:35.4	insurrection in his behavior after the 2020 election is now unlikely to happen before this year's election, and if he wins could in theory halt that
1:46.0	prosecution also Trump's sentencing after the hush money conviction in New York
1:50.3	state has been delayed in the wake of the Supreme Court's ruling.
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