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On Monday morning, July 1, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its anxiously awaited decision on former President Donald Trump’s claim that he enjoys absolute immunity from prosecution in special counsel Jack Smith’s federal election interference case. The 6-3 decision came down along party lines, with the dissent from Democrat-appointed justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson. Sotomayor was especially scathing in her dissent, arguing that the ruling gives presidents way too much authority. Justice Amy Coney Barrett was part of the GOP majority in the ruling. But journal…

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