Why a federal judge appointed by Ronald Reagan is slamming the Trump immunity ruling

Andrew Weissmann, former top prosecutor for the Justice Department, Harry Litman, former U.S.

The Supreme Court decision granting Donald Trump broad criminal immunity has had no shortage of critics. But it’s still notable that a federal judge just came out with an op-ed in The Washington Post blasting the ruling authored by Chief Justice John Roberts. In the opinion piece published Monday, Stephen S. Trott, a senior judge on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, wrote: It’s worth underscoring here that Trott was appointed to the federal bench by a Republican president, Ronald Reagan.

That’s because a question raised by the immunity decision is whether and how it would extend beyond Trump , because the decision focused on former presidents. The issue could need further clarification from the justices if it arises in a case against someone who was allegedly engaged in criminality with or at the direction of a president.

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