Senate Judiciary to hold hearing on Supreme Court presidential immunity ruling in September

The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing in September on the impact of the Supreme Court's presidential immunity ruling, and whether new legislation will be necessary to limit its effect.

The Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 opinion on July 1 that presidents have presidential immunity for some "official acts," but not unofficial ones. However, the high court has not specified what constitutes official versus unofficial acts.

Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, who leads the committee, said the hearing would examine possible legal and policy ramifications of the ruling.

"During this upcoming hearing, we will examine the breadth of future misconduct that may be immunized from prosecution, consider the unprecedented nature of this immunity in American history, and discuss legislative solutions to the dangers of this decision," Durbin said in a statement. "This dangerous decision immunizes presidents who commit crimes, no matter how serious, as long as they claim their offenses were 'official acts.'"

No official date has been set for the hearing so far, nor has a list of potential witnesses for the hearing been released.

The unusual hearing announcement comes after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he was considering a legislative response to the ruling, according to NBC News. Progressive Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from New York has also introduced articles of impeachment against two of the Supreme Court justices.

The ruling was considered a legal victory for former President Donald Trump, who has tried to implement presidential immunity claims in several of his court cases. It is also expected to delay the former president's classified documents case, and his January 6 case in Washington, D.C., until after the November election.

Misty Severi is an evening news reporter for Just the News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.