U.S. Senate Majority Leader Introduces Bill to Oppose Supreme Court's Partial Upholding of Trump's Immunity Claims

On 1 August local time, US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and other Democratic lawmakers introduced a bill to counter a previous Supreme Court ruling on former President Donald Trump's presidential immunity. According to the bill, the President and Vice President of the United States do not have immunity for violations of federal criminal law while in office. The bill also clarifies that the branch of government responsible for determining to whom federal criminal law applies is Congress, not the Supreme Court. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on July 1 that Trump enjoys a certain degree of immunity from criminal prosecution in the federal case of alleged "interference in the 2020 election" and instructed the lower court to reconsider the case and determine which acts cannot be prosecuted as "acts of public office". ".