Supreme Court ruling on Trump immunity could alter impeachment

Michael Macagnone | CQ-Roll Call (TNS)

WASHINGTON — How the Supreme Court rules on presidential immunity in former President Donald Trump’s effort to jettison his federal charges could have some collateral damage: Congress’ impeachment power.

At oral arguments in the case Thursday, Trump attorney D. John Sauer told the justices that the nation’s founders decided impeachment was the check on a president’s behavior in office — and not criminal prosecution.

But several justices and outside experts said Sauer’s arguments...