Trump’s Sentencing Splinters the Roberts Court, Disclosing That Its Conservative Wing Is a House Divided on Immunity

The Nine will allow the president-elect to be sentenced — but do not reach a ruling on the merit of his convictions.

AP/J. Scott Applewhite
Chief Justice Roberts at the Supreme Court building, October 7, 2022. AP/J. Scott Applewhite

The Supreme Court’s denial of President Trump’s emergency appeal to halt his sentencing in the hush money case suggests that the Nine’s conservative majority is anything but united on the crucial question of presidential immunity.

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