the decision – The Time

In a recently released opinion, the Supreme Court ruled by a majority of 6 to 3 that Donald Trump is entitled to “some level” of immunity in the case of the violence of January 6, 2021. According to the majority of the justices, immunity should be recognized for official acts performed in the exercise of presidential duties, but not for private acts. The case was then sent back to the lower appeals courts in Washington, which will have to decide how to apply the decision to Trump’s case.

The Court of Appeals in Washington had previously rejected Trump’s immunity request. The six conservative justices voted in favor of this decision, with the three liberal justices opposing it. The Supreme Court’s decision makes it more remote that the former president might be tried before the November elections for his alleged responsibility in the storming of Capitol Hill on January 6, 2021. The Supreme Court’s ruling overturns a decision by a federal appeals court in February that had ruled that Trump should not have immunity for what he did to challenge the results of the 2020 election that led to the victory of incumbent President Joe Biden.