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The Supreme Court ruled today in a 6 to 3 decision that Donald Trump is entitled to substantial immunity from prosecution, a significant expansion of presidential power. All three of the courts liberal justices dissented.

The decisions most immediate effect is that it all but ensures that the trial of Trump on charges of plotting to subvert the 2020 election will not be held before the November election. More broadly, todays ruling could become one of the most important decisions on the presidency in the history of the court.

Chief Justice John Roberts, who wrote for the majority, said that Trump and all presidents have immunity for their core constitutional actions, and presumptive immunity for all official acts. In the election subversion case against Trump, Roberts said that the trial judge must separate the former presidents official and unofficial conduct to see which charges should still stand.

The chief justice said that such broad immunity is necessary to protect an energetic, independent executive. The courts liberal wing offered some of the harshest dissents ever filed by justices. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Elena Kagan, wrote: The relationship between the president and the people he serves has shifted irrevocably. In every use of official power, the president is now a king above the law.

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The Supreme Court Granted Trump Substantial Immunity - The New York Times