Supreme Court seems open to mid­dle ground on Trump immu­ni­ty

The Supreme Court on Thurs­day appeared open to a mid­dle-ground approach to a bid by for­mer Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump to invoke pres­i­den­tial immu­ni­ty to shake off his crim­i­nal charges.
The nine jus­tices asked Trump’s attor­ney, D. John Sauer, point­ed ques­tions about whether pres­i­dents had “absolute immu­ni­ty” from pros­e­cu­tion as they weighed Trump’s argu­ment that he was pro­tect­ed under the Con­sti­tu­tion from being charged for his actions after the 2020 elec­tion. Argu­ing on behalf of spe­cial coun­sel Jack Smith was vet­er­an lit­i­gant Michael Dreeben.

Activist Stephen Par­la­to of Boul­der, Colo., right, joins oth­er pro­test­ers out­side the Supreme Court as the jus­tices pre­pare to hear argu­ments over whether Don­ald Trump is immune from pros­e­cu­tion in a case charg­ing him with plot­ting to over­turn the results of the 2020 pres­i­den­tia …