The novel question stoked an array of hypotheticals and plenty of debate.
The Supreme Court in Washington, DC, March 31, 2021. Justices later in the day will hear arguments via teleconference in NCAA v. Alston. The National Collegiate Athletic Association is asking the court to overturn a ruling that lets member schools offer student athletes more in education-related compensation as it tries to preserve what it sees as the amateur nature of college sports.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, minutes into the arguments, raised the question of whether criminal immunity would extend to a president ordering the military, or someone else, to assassinate a political rival if they believed this person was "corrupt" He maintained that the only time a president could be criminally prosecuted was if they were impeached by the House and convicted by the Senate for the same crime.
Sauer conceded some acts in the indictment were unprotected, including his allegations that Trump turned to a private attorney who knowingly spread false claims of election fraud to spearhead his challenges to 2020 election results and that he conspired with others to implement a plan to obstruct the certification of President Joe Biden's win.
"We are not endorsing a regime that we think would expose former presidents to criminal prosecution in bad faith, for political animus, without adequate evidence, or politically driven prosecution that would violate the Constitution," Dreeben said. Remanding the case would -- perhaps significantly -- delay Trump's Jan. 6 trial even past the November election. The trial was set for March 4 but is on pause until the immunity question is resolved in the judicial system.Outside the U.S.
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