On Monday, April 8 a group of 19 retired military leaders urged the US Supreme Court to reject Donald Trump’s claim of absolute immunity from federal prosecution. According to Law & Crime, the retired four-star generals and admirals wrote in a 38-page amicus brief that the former president’s claim of broad immunity — in relation to his incitement of the January 6 attack on the US Capitol — “‘is an ‘assault’ on the ‘foundational commitments’ underpinning democracy and if his argument is allowed to succeed before them later this month, it threatens ‘to subvert the careful balance between the exe…