Steve Thompson PhD<p>Justices knew what they were awarding and how it would be used. Oddly enough, Biden had it, too. He did zip with it.</p><p>"The Supreme Court gave Trump immunity. He’s using it as a blank check."</p><p><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/19/politics/trump-supreme-court-immunity/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2025/02/19/politics/tr</span><span class="invisible">ump-supreme-court-immunity/index.html</span></a></p><p>Trump has expounded an extraordinary vision of his authority over the past month, relying on the Supreme Court’s decision last year granting him immunity from criminal prosecution as a blank check in his broader drive for power. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scotus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scotus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/immunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immunity</span></a></p>