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Whether described as presumptive or absolute, under the majority’s rule, a President’s use of any official power for any purpose, even the most corrupt, is immune from prosecution. That is just as bad as it sounds, and it is baseless.

— Sonia Sotomayor Trump v. United States (2024)

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No matter how you look at it, the majority’s official-acts immunity is utterly indefensible.

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