{"id":2229901,"date":"2024-04-25T09:38:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T13:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-to-hear-arguments-on-whether-trump-has-immunity-from-federal-prosecution\/"},"modified":"2024-04-25T09:40:28","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T13:40:28","slug":"supreme-court-to-hear-arguments-on-whether-trump-has-immunity-from-federal-prosecution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-to-hear-arguments-on-whether-trump-has-immunity-from-federal-prosecution\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court to Discuss Trump&#8217;s Federal Prosecution Immunity"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsupreme-court-to-hear-arguments-on-whether-trump-has-immunity-from-federal-prosecution%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2229901&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Supreme Court is reviewing \u200bwhether ex-President Donald Trump can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-effort-to-claim-presidential-immunity-in-2020-election-case-rebuked-by-jack-smith\/\" title=\"Trump effort to claim presidential immunity in 2020 election case rebuked by Jack Smith\">claim presidential immunity<\/a> from federal \u2063prosecution. Trump argues \u2062that immunity is crucial for presidents&#8217; ability to carry out their duties without facing political threats. The court is examining the extent of presidential \u2062immunity\u200b for alleged official acts during a president&#8217;s \u2064tenure. Trump is barred from attending the arguments due \u2063to a trial in New York.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/supreme-court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Supreme Court<\/a> is set to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/major-abortion-groups-assemble-file-lawsuit-over-unthinkable-texas-law-allowing-americans-to-sue-abortion-clinics-doctors\/\" title=\"Major Abortion Groups Assemble, File Lawsuit Over \u2018Unthinkable\u2019 Texas Law Allowing Americans To Sue Abortion Clinics, Doctors\">hear oral arguments<\/a> on Thursday about whether former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> can invoke presidential immunity to shield himself from federal prosecution. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/supreme-court-takes-up-trump-immunity-claim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">agreed<\/a> to take the case in February after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit panel <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/appeals-court-denies-trumps-immunity-claim-in-2020-election-interference-case\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ruled against<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  an immunity claim Trump had asserted to shield himself from special counsel Jack Smith\u2019s 2020 election case. Trump has contended that presidential immunity is necessary to ensure that presidents are able to do their jobs without fear of political retaliation. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIf a President does not have Immunity, the Opposing Party, during his\/her term in Office, can extort and blackmail the President by saying that, \u2018if you don\u2019t give us everything we want, we will Indict you for things you did while in Office,\u2019 even if everything done was totally Legal and Appropriate. That would be the end of the Presidency, and our Country, as we know it, and is just one of the many Traps there would be for a President without Presidential Immunity,\u201d Trump <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/112298099795296351\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">posted<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  on Truth Social last Friday. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cObama, Bush, and soon, Crooked Joe Biden, would all be in BIG TROUBLE. If a President doesn\u2019t have IMMUNITY, he\/she will be nothing more than a \u2018Ceremonial\u2019 President, rarely having the courage to do what has to be done for our Country,\u201d the former president added. \u201cThis is not what the Founders had in mind! Protect Presidential Immunity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Supreme Court will hear <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/25\/us\/politics\/trump-supreme-court-immunity-case.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">arguments<\/a> on \u201cwhether and if so to what extent does a former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-mulling-briefs-from-trump-allies-and-ex-officials-in-immunity-bid\/\" title=\"Supreme Court reviewing requests for immunity from Trump allies and former officials in pending cases\">president enjoy presidential immunity<\/a> from criminal prosecution for conduct alleged to involve official acts during his tenure in office.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The former president has been <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/supreme-court-hear-arguments-trump-presidential-immunity-case\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">blocked<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  from attending the Supreme Court arguments because a judge has ordered that he must stay in New York for his trial over alleged payments made to porn actress Stormy Daniels. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1714129450076000&#038;usg=AOvVaw11MUL_oXewNl-yGfGqnuu8\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cA president has to have immunity,\u201d Trump said Thursday morning outside of the courtroom for Bragg\u2019s case. \u201cIf you don\u2019t have immunity, you just have a ceremonial president.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">President Trump on today\u2019s Supreme Court arguments: \u201cA president HAS to have immunity\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bXzBLNlbbs\">pic.twitter.com\/bXzBLNlbbs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RSBN \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@RSBNetwork) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RSBNetwork\/status\/1783445200020414801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Smith, who accused Trump of engaging in an illegal effort to challenge the outcome of the 2020 election, previously hoped the Supreme Court would weigh in on the issue in December, hoping to fast-track the case. The Supreme Court denied that effort, and its decision to hear the case in April will likely make it difficult for a trial to be scheduled prior to the 2024 presidential election if they rule against Trump. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1714074641207000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0TPXL7MyqvoOZpo3dQ8NTe\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Trump is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/live\/trump-supreme-court-immunity-updates#0000018f-14f9-d5aa-a3df-97f97d240000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">represented<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  by D. John Sauer, who was previously Missouri\u2019s Solicitor General and Deputy Attorney General for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nra-board-to-hold-emergency-hearing-amid-bankruptcy-turmoil\/\" title=\"NRA Board to Hold Emergency Hearing Amid Bankruptcy Turmoil\">special litigation<\/a> in Missouri. Sauer also clerked for former conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Former U.S. Deputy Solicitor General Michael R. Dreeben, who was part of Smith\u2019s team that investigated Trump over the 2020 election charges, will argue against Trump\u2019s assertion of presidential immunity<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Dreeben was also part of special counsel Robert Mueller\u2019s probe into whether Trump\u2019s 2016 presidential campaign conspired with Russia to influence the election.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court will discuss on Thursday whether ex-President Trump can use presidential immunity to avoid federal prosecution. 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