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Supreme Court's decision on the presidential power casts a shadow on its new term

Last year's Supreme Court decision giving Donald Trump and future presidents broad immunity from prosecution may be fueling Trump's maximalist approach to executive power this year.

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Carrie Johnson
Carrie Johnson is a justice correspondent for the Washington Desk.
Ayesha Rascoe
Ayesha Rascoe is a White House correspondent for NPR. She is currently covering her third presidential administration. Rascoe's White House coverage has included a number of high profile foreign trips, including President Trump's 2019 summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi, Vietnam, and President Obama's final NATO summit in Warsaw, Poland in 2016. As a part of the White House team, she's also a regular on the NPR Politics Podcast.
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