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How the blockbuster Supreme Court presidential immunity ruling impacts the Biden-Trump 2024 rematch A campaign consequence from the Supreme Court ruling is that Trump will likely be spending a lot less time in courtrooms this autumn
How the blockbuster Supreme Court presidential immunity ruling impacts the Biden-Trump 2024 rematch
A campaign consequence from the Supreme Court ruling is that Trump will likely be spending a lot less time in courtrooms this autumn
Paul Steinhauser By Paul Steinhauser Fox News
Published July 2, 2024 4:00am EDT
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SCOTUS delivers key ruling on presidential immunity
Fox News correspondent Bryan Llenas reports on former President Trump’s response to the Supreme Court's ruling on presidential immunity, impacting special counsel Jack Smith’s election subversion case.
A highly anticipated ruling by the Supreme Court that former presidents enjoy wide-ranging immunity for their official acts while in the White House was repeatedly praised by former President Trump in the hours after the high court's blockbuster opinion.
"BRILLIANTLY WRITTEN AND WISE," Trump wrote in a social media post about the ruling, which likely dealt a major blow to the ongoing prosecution of Trump on charges he aimed to subvert his 2020 election loss to President Biden.
"THE SUPREME COURT DECISION IS A MUCH MORE POWERFUL ONE THAN SOME HAD EXPECTED IT TO BE," Trump spotlighted.
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The move on Monday by the conservative-dominated court - including three justices nominated by Trump - means that the trial judge in the lower court case against Trump will now have to hold hearings on whether the charges against Trump were based on official acts by the then-president or unofficial ones.
WHAT TRUMP TOLD FOX NEWS ABOUT THE SUPREME COURT RULING
Donald Trump rally near White House on Jan. 6, 2021
Then-President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a rally near the White House, on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, ahead of the storming of the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters aiming to upend congressional certification of President Biden's 2020 election victory (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) (AP )
That process will take time, and it's extremely unlikely Trump will go on trial for trying to overturn the 2020 election before voters cast ballots in the 2024 rematch between the former president and his Democratic successor.
Trump called it a "big win for our Constitution and for democracy" during an exclusive interview with Fox News' Brooke Singman.
TRUMP IMMUNITY CASE: SUPREME COURT RULES EX-PRESIDENTS HAVE SUBSTANTIAL PROTECTION FROM PROSECUTION
But Biden principal deputy campaign manager Quentin Fulks, in a conference call with reporters, charged that "this decision will give Donald Trump cover to do exactly what he's been saying he wants to do for months, which is enact revenge and retribution against his political enemies."
"This is a pivotal moment for our country. The conservative justices on the court, three of whom are only there because of Donald Trump, just made it easier for him to pursue a path to a dictatorship," Fulks argued.
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A major question going forward is what kind of impact the Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity will have on the Biden-Trump rematch with just over four months to go until the November election.
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President Joe Biden speaks at a post-debate campaign rally on June 28, 2024 in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Allison Joyce/Getty Images)
The president has long charged that Trump is a threat to democracy and his argument is a central tenant of his campaign for a second term in the White House.
And in an address Monday night, Biden hammered home the point.
"The American people must decide if Trump's embrace of violence to preserve his power is acceptable. Perhaps most importantly, the American people must decide if they want to entrust the presidency to Donald Trump once again. Now knowing, he'll be even more emboldened to do whatever he pleases, whenever he wants to do it," the president emphasized.
Some Biden supporters see a silver lining in the move by the Supreme Court.
Longtime Democratic strategist and presidential campaign veteran Maria Carodona said the "ruling is a shot in the arm to voters who care about our democracy, our Constitution, and the rule of law. It is a shot in the arm for them to work their butts off to elect President Biden because the Supreme Court ruling was a victory for one person, Donald Trump, and it was a huge loss for the country, and our democracy."
Voters need to understand that presidents matter when it comes to the make up of the court. Today’s dangerous decision that came out of the Trump-molded MAGA court is proof of that," Cardona, a committee member on the Democratic National Committee, argued.
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Democratic strategist Joe Caiazzo, another veteran of multiple presidential campaigns, emphasized that voters will remember the ruling when they cast their ballot in the autumn.
"The stakes of the election continue to grow as this activist court has attacked reproductive rights, environmental protection and now the integrity of the ability to hold elected officials accountable for their actions. Voters will remember this in November," Caiazzo said.
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Former US President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event at Historic Greenbrier Farms in Chesapeake, Virginia, US, on Friday, June 28, 2024. (Parker Michels-Boyce/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
But longtime Republican consultant and communicator Ryan Williams, who served on a handful of GOP presidential campaigns, spotlighted that the ruling "makes it less likely Trump will be in courtrooms before the election. That’s a win for Trump."
"The general consensus was that the more serious charges were in the federal cases and by moving them to after the election, they are removed as a distraction during the campaign," Ryan added. "Trump can now continue to campaign and focus on the election rather than preparing for trial prior to Election Day. That’s a win for him."
Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more at our Fox News Digital election hub.
Paul Steinhauser is a politics reporter based in New Hampshire.
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