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'Absolute immunity’ under fire as new plan hatches to hold Trump accountable
What happened
AlterNet reports that former deputy U.S. solicitor general Philip Allen Lacovara condemned the Supreme Court’s 2024 presidential-immunity ruling as constitutionally unsound and argued that it gives President Donald Trump “a virtual get-out-of-jail card.” He told New York Times contributor Thomas B. Edsall that the decision’s supposed exceptions for some official acts and all unofficial conduct are largely unusable while the Court’s current majority remains intact.
The report does not identify a new plan to hold Trump accountable. It presents Lacovara’s legal criticism and…
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