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Calmes: The Supreme Court failed the test posed by Trump
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- Even before President Trump returned to office, the Supreme Court had further empowered him like no president before, by agreeing two years ago in Trump vs.
- And all the while, in 2025 the Supreme Court continued adding to Trump’s bank of powers.
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Even before President Trump returned to office, the Supreme Court had further empowered him like no president before, by agreeing two years ago in Trump vs. United States that presidents have near-absolute immunity from criminal liability for acts in office. Perhaps it’s this shiny new stay-out-of-jail-free card that’s emboldened Trump 2.0 to act so brazenly in his own interest that he netted $2.2 billion just in his first year — nearly quadruple the year before, according to his financial-disclosure report released on Tuesday.
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