# DC Court of Appeals rules against Trump Immunity, SCOTUS Makes a Different Decision

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**Tags:** trump\
**Created:** [February 6, 2024, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-court-of-appeals-rules-against-trump-immunity-scotus-makes-a-different-decision/997188 "2024-02-06T15:22:03Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 2, 2024, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-court-of-appeals-rules-against-trump-immunity-scotus-makes-a-different-decision/997188/331 "2024-07-02T01:19:31Z")

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> [@DWMarch](#):
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> Agreed, they haven’t thought this through. They just surrendered _all_ of their power to Trump.

If this is true:

> [@How can Biden use the recent SCOTUS Immunity ruling to his benefit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-biden-use-the-recent-scotus-immunity-ruling-to-his-benefit/1003589/31):
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> As Kitanji Brown Jackson pointed out in her dissent though, it is not that the supreme court is ruling that the president is immune per se. It’s that they want to be the arbiters of when the president can be prosecuted.

Then they may have _increased_ their power, which would explain the ruling.

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