Columnist Elaine Harris Spearman looks at the Supreme Court and the potential far-reaching effects of its ruling in the Trump case.

Following the nearly three-hour oral argument about presidential immunity in the Supreme Court on April 25, 2024, many commentators were aghast. The general theme, among legal and political experts alike,

Supreme Court justices believe that they are "writing a rule for the ages," but their focus on hypotheticals has given yet another gift to Donald Trump.

Last week’s oral arguments before the US Supreme Court on Donald Trump’s claim that he cannot be prosecuted for any actions he took while president, including his attempted coup of January 6, 2021, brought out divisions among the nine justices over criminality in the White House.

I hope the court narrowly defines what an official act is and allows the former president to be prosecuted for attempting to subvert our democratic system.

The Supreme Court of the United States will hear oral arguments in the case of Trump vs. the United States. Before the court is the question of whether a former President has immunity from prosecution for official acts committed while that President was in office,

While the important question of timing in Trump’s appeal looms, consider that the justices have many other things to decide over the next couple of months.