Tom Dupree: The Supreme Court Will Recognize Some Sort of Presidential Immunity But Not as Broad as Trump Would Like

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DUPREE: "What became clear to me is that Trump’s argument that allowing presidents to be prosecuted for their official acts while in office, that argument resonated with the majority of the Supreme Court justices about the horrors that could follow if this became a regular practice. And to be sure, I think you’re exactly right in your opening when you said the court needs to walk a middle ground here between total immunity and, you know, allowing presidents to be effectively above the law and engage in rampant criminal activity. The question is where the Supreme Court strikes a balance. I do think they will recognize some sort of presidential immunity, they're probably not going to go as broadly as Trump would like them to go, but I do think they will recognize immunity and I also think they will send this back to the lower courts for what probably will be weeks, if not months, of additional fact-finding and decision-making, making it all but impossible for a trial to go forward before the election."