Former President Donald Trump recently shared his positiveness after the recent hearing at the U.S. Supreme Court. It has been noted that during the hearing, his legal team argued for “presidential immunity” regarding charges brought against him by special counsel Jack Smith via Conservative Brief.
It has been noted that Trump recently stated that he thinks it was “made clear” that a president “has to have immunity.”
“The U.S. Supreme Court had a monumental hearing on immunity, with immunity having to do with presidential immunity. And I think it was made clear—I hope it is very clear—that a president has to have immunity,” Trump said.
Trump has repeated his past claim that without immunity, presidents would be reduced to just a “ceremonial” position.
“That’s not what the founders had in mind,” he said. “We want presidents that can get quite amazing—quite amazing.” He added that the Supreme Court justices “were on their game.”
“So let’s see how that turns out,” he said. “But again, I say presidential immunity is very powerful. Presidential immunity is imperative, or you practically won’t have a country anymore.”
The justices are expected to issue their ruling by the end of June at the latest. Meanwhile, some legal analysts have speculated that the justices could grant Trump partial immunity for acts committed while in office while also remanding the case to a lower court for reconsideration under their guidelines.
It has been noted that Justice Neil Gorsuch has argued during the hearing that former presidents ought to enjoy some immunity from subsequent attacks if they leave office.
“It didn’t matter what the president’s motives were; that’s something courts shouldn’t get engaged in … I am concerned about future uses of criminal law to target political opponents based on accusations about their motives,” the Supreme Court justice said on April 25.
