U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch this week defended the high court’s decision that affirmed presidents have immunity for their official acts, in a case involving a challenge by former President Donald Trump.
In early July, the Supreme Court issued a 6–3 decision, authored by Chief Justice John Roberts, that presidents cannot be prosecuted for actions that were within their constitutional powers. It tossed a lower court’s ruling that rejected Trump’s claims of immunity from federal charges relating to his activity after the 2020 election.
During an interview with Fox News this week to promote his book, Gorsuch was asked about the decision. He said it was an extension of the Supreme Court precedent in Nixon v. Fitzgerald, which granted President Richard Nixon immunity from civil lawsuits arising from his official actions….