By Amy Howe
on Feb 28, 2024 at 5:31 pm

On Feb. 6, the D.C. Circuit unanimously upheld Chutkan’s decision and rejected Trump’s claims that he cannot be prosecuted for his official acts as president and that a former president cannot be prosecuted unless he has first been impeached by the House and convicted by the Senate.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday on 28 Feb 2024 agreed to decide whether former President Donald Trump can be tried on criminal charges that he conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 election. In a one-page unsigned order, the justices ordered a federal appeals court to continue to keep on hold its ruling rejecting Trump’s claims of immunity from prosecution, and they fast-tracked the case for oral argument in late April.

The court indicated that the case will be argued during the week of April 22 – the second week of the court’s April argument session, and the last week in which the court is scheduled to hear arguments in its 2023-24 term. Trump will have just under three weeks to file his opening brief; Smith will then have just under three weeks to file his response.

Brothers and Sisters! As above are the extract from newspapers how the motion of Presidential Immunity travelled from Federal district court to the Supreme Court.

EXTRACTS – PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY Ruled by Supreme Court of USA

Brothers and Sisters! As below are extracts from the newspapers which highlight the decision by the Supreme Court of USA in respect of Presidential Immunity.

 

The Supreme Court ruled in Trump v. United States (2024) that all presidents have absolute criminal immunity for official acts under core constitutional powers, presumptive immunity for other official acts, and no immunity for personal actions

 

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What does Immunity mean for Trump?

 

On Monday, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruled that Donald Trump is immune from prosecution for acts he committed within his constitutional powers as president. The ruling applies to anyone who holds the position of US president.2 Jul 2024

 

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“The President enjoys no immunity for his unofficial acts, and not everything the President does is official. The President is not above the law. But Congress may not criminalize the President’s conduct in carrying out the responsibilities of the Executive Branch under the Constitution,” they wrote.

 

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 “The President of the United States is the most powerful person in the country, and possibly the world. When he uses his official powers in any way, under the majority’s reasoning, he now will be insulated from criminal prosecution,” she wrote.

“Orders the Navy’s Seal Team 6 to assassinate a political rival? Immune. Organizes a military coup to hold onto power? Immune. Takes a bribe in exchange for a pardon? Immune. Immune, immune, immune.”

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Trump is the first former US president to face criminal charges. Late in May, he was found guilty of falsifying business documents in relation to a hush-money payment made to adult film star Stormy Daniels in the run-up to the 2016 US presidential election.

 

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What does Presumptive Immunity mean?

 

Presidential immunity is a power that presidents claim under the Constitution, shielding them from civil and presumed criminal immunity for acts they commit in their official capacity as president.1 Jul 2024

 

CONCLUSION

 

Brothers and Sisters! In short, as per Supreme Court Rulings, depict that:

 

The President of USA is above the Law.

 

Wass’a’lam

 

Naseer Aziz

 

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Sponsorship

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