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- 1Trump broadens use of presidential immunity after Supreme Court ruling▼After sweeping SCOTUS presidential immunity ruling, Trump wields it broadly in push for power
Following the Supreme Court's sweeping ruling on presidential immunity, Donald Trump is invoking it widely as he expands executive power. Critics say the decision, handed down by the conservative-majority court, has given a former and returning president sweeping protection from prosecution for official acts, and are warning it could reshape the limits of the American presidency.
- 2Commentary links Roberts court to erosion of Jim Crow-era gains●Jim Crow was on the ash heap of history. Then came the Roberts court.
A Mother Jones piece argues that racial segregation-era discrimination, long consigned to history, is being revived through decisions by the Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts. The article frames recent rulings as unwinding civil rights protections, placing the Roberts court's record on voting rights and race at the centre of debate over the state of American democracy.