SCOTUS's immunity ruling looks even worse now

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The administration's wild threats against Obama show it did nothing but embolden Trump.

Lisa Needham
Jul 25, 2025

Can you believe it has been over a year since the conservatives on the Supreme Court invented a very special immunity for a very special president?

It’s arguably the worst decision to come out of the Roberts Court, which is saying something. And it isn’t a reach to say that if there had been no immunity decision, there likely would be no Donald Trump second term.

Without the immunity decision, Trump would probably still be dragging out his appeals in his multitude of criminal cases, and the rest of us would be living in a world where the federal government remains functional. Instead, Trump has taken full advantage of that immunity, not just to dodge his crimes, but to crown himself a king, above all laws. And thus far, the Court seems more than happy to help.

On Tuesday, sitting in his increasingly gilded Oval Office, Trump was served a softball question about who he should have the Department of Justice prosecute in light of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s so-called revelations about Russian interference in the 2016 election.
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