Dershowitz: 'Divided' SCOTUS Likely on Trump Immunity Claim

The Supreme Court will likely reach a "divided decision" on former President Donald Trump's claims of immunity that splits the difference between acts that had to do with his presidency versus actions taken for political purposes, Harvard Law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz told Newsmax on Thursday.

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"This is a serious case, and I don't think they will simply affirm the lower court, which went too far, and I don't think they will accept completely Trump's arguments, which went too far," Dershowitz said on "Newsline." "I suspect they will come down with a divided decision, maybe 6 to 3, but a decision that splits the differences."

Ed Morrissey

Trump shouldn't get his hopes up. I don't think either wing of the court will be too sympathetic to his arguments -- the liberal wing for obvious reasons and the conservative wing for originalist reasons. The Constitution doesn't address any sort of presidential immunity, even though it does confer immunity on members of Congress while it's in session. 

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