JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Supreme Court is deciding once and for all whether former presidents can be prosecuted for official acts while in the White House.
The justices in the nation’s highest court heard oral arguments over whether former President Donald Trump is immune from prosecution in a case charging him with plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
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It is history in the making. Between a decades-old court case about former President Richard Nixon, yes Richard Nixon, and an obscure constitutional provision about presidential impeachments, there are some unfamiliar concepts and terms and banter before the court.
A ruling is unlikely before June and the case is unlikely to be tried before voters go to the polls in November.
On this week’s streaming episode of “Path to the Polls,” we explored that obscure impeachment clause and what the case has to do with Nixon. The discussion is not for the reasons you might think.
Do the arguments that Trump’s lawyers make for the former president to have immunity have merit? Will politics infiltrate the high court’s ultimate decision? And what are the differences between personal acts made by the occupant of the White House and presidential decisions?
Constitutional law expert Rod Sullivan of the Newman Law Group joined me on “Vote 2024: Path to the Polls.“ You can watch a replay on News4JAX+ at 7 p.m. Tuesday or watch anytime On Demand on the News4JAX YouTube Channel, News4JAX+ or News4JAX.com.