SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES DATE FOR FULL COMMITTEE HEARING ON SUPREME COURT RULING IN DONALD TRUMP IMMUNITY CASE
WASHINGTON –U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights, announced that the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, September 24th at 10:00 AM ET to explore the ramifications of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Trump v. United States.
On July 1, the Supreme Court’s rightwing supermajority ruled that not just Donald Trump—but also future presidents—may be immune from abusing the levers of government to overturn an election or engage in other misconduct.
The Court held in a misguided 6-3 decision that “the nature of Presidential power entitles a former President to absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions within his conclusive and preclusive constitutional authority. And he is entitled to at least presumptive immunity from prosecution for all his official acts. There is no immunity for unofficial acts.”
Durbin previously condemned the ruling and announced this upcoming hearing, describing the decision as “judicial activism unmoored from the text of the Constitution and intentions of our framers” that “Congress cannot turn a blind eye to.”
The Senate Judiciary Committee will examine the breadth of misconduct that may be immunized from prosecution, consider the unprecedented nature of this immunity in American history, and assess the danger it poses to both the rule of law and the independence of the Justice Department.
WHO: Senate Judiciary Committee
Witnesses to be announced.
DATE: Tuesday, September 24, 2024
TIME: 10:00 AM ET
LOCATION: Location to be announced.
LIVESTREAM: The hearing will stream live on the Committee website here; on X (formerly known as Twitter) here; on Instagram here; and on Facebook here.
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