SCOTUS Rulings On Key Cases Could Come This Week

The Supreme Court is preparing to announce rulings on two pending cases, including whether former President Donald Trump should be immune from prosecution for acts committed whilst he occupied the Oval Office, which could be consequential to the presidential election. The first opinions are expected to come on Wednesday.

• The most anticipated opinion is on Trump's immunity. The lower courts rejected his assertion, but the SCOTUS appears more inclined to lean towards some presidential immunity. Should the court reject Trump's appeal, it remains unlikely that either of the two Department of Justice cases against Trump, the classified documents case in Florida and the January 6 case in Washington, will go to trial before the presidential election in November.
• The court will also rule on whether the Department of Justice correctly charged January 6 rioters with obstruction charges. The Hill notes: "A ruling in favor of the rioters could also lend credence to claims by Trump and his allies that the Justice Department overreached in its prosecution of the attack… And, it could undermine the Justice Department’s narrative that the Capitol riot was an attack on American democracy.”