US Supreme Court Latest: Court expected to rule on Trump immunity case as end of term nears
WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — The justices of the United States Supreme Court will release the final few opinions of the term today, including a closely watched case: Whether former President Donald Trump has immunity from criminal prosecution for his role in the January 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
The court will also decide Monday whether state laws that restrict how social media platforms regulate content posted by their users are unconstitutional. The immunity case was the last to be heard, on April 25. The court typically begins issuing opinions at 10 a.m. Eastern Time.
Here’s the latest:
The immunity case was the last case was argued on April 25. So in a way it’s not unusual for it to be one of the last decisions. But the timing of the court’s decision on Trump’s immunity could be just as important as the final ruling.
By holding the case until early July, the justices have reduced, if not eliminated, the chance that Trump will face trial before the November election, regardless of what the court decides.
In other epic lawsuits involving the presidency, including the case of the Watergate tapesthe justices moved much more quickly. Fifty years ago, the court ruled that President Richard Nixon would turn over tapes of Oval Office conversations just 16 days after hearing arguments.
Even this term, the court reached a decision to give judgment within a month unanimously for Trump that states cannot invoke the post-Civil War insurrection clause to kick him off the ballot for his refusal to accept Democratic President Joe Biden’s victory four years ago.
▶ Read more about the use of Trump’s immunity rule.
In the last 10 days of June, at a frenetic pace of its own making, High Council has touched a broad swath of American society in a flurry of decisions about abortion, guns, the environment, health, the opioid crisis, securities fraud and homelessness.
And with the last court hearing of the semester taking place on Monday, an unusual move to July, the most anticipated decision of the semester awaits: whether former President Donald Trump is immune from prosecution for his role in the January 6, 2021, riots at the U.S. Capitol.
The court will also decide whether state laws that limit how social media platforms regulate the content posted by their users are unconstitutional.
▶ Read more about what to expect when the Supreme Court’s term ends.