Supreme Court expected to rule on Trump immunity claims on Monday

The Supreme Court will be ruling on former President Donald Trump's presidential immunity claims early next week, after Chief Justice John Roberts announced that Monday will be the last day they hand down decisions.

The high court normally tries to drop all of its rulings by the end of June, ahead of its summer recess. But the court added Monday as an opinion day on Thursday, and still has about four cases left on its docket, per the Associated Press.

The biggest case is Trump's claim of presidential immunity, which would protect him from prosecution regarding his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. But the court will also need to rule on when companies can challenge federal rule-making, and how states can regulate social media, NBC News reported.

The upcoming rulings come after the high court ruled in favor of January 6 defendants who are charged with obstruction. The Supreme Court is making it harder to charge defendants with obstruction, but those charges can still be brought if prosecutors can prove that rioters were intentionally trying to stop the arrival of certificates used to certify electoral votes during the riot.

Friday's ruling is expected to help Trump's case related to January 6, but special counsel Jack Smith is still expected to try and argue the obstruction charges anyways.

Trump has been charged in a Washington, D.C., federal court with conspiring to overturn the 2020 election, but Trump has claimed that his actions were protected by presidential immunity, according to NBC Washington. Supreme Court Justices previously indicated that they could send the matter of presidential immunity back to a lower court to hear evidence about whether his actions fall under "official acts."

If the justices do send it back, it would likely delay final judgment until after the 2024 election.

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