Trump has immunity for official acts, US Supreme Court rules
Donald Trump cannot be prosecuted for official acts conducted while president, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on July 1. The landmark ruling said he can still be prosecuted for private acts, but is the first time in U.S. history that any form of presidential immunity from prosecution has been recognized. The 6-3 ruling is a rejection of a lower court decision throwing out Trump's claim of immunity over his attempts to overturn the result of the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Six conservative justices were in the majority and three liberal justices dissented. "We conclude that under our constit...