Courier-Tribune Article RatingUS appeals court judges skeptical of Trump immunity claim
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-7% Negative
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| Sentence | Sentiment | Bias |
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| "I think it's paradoxical to say that his constitutional duty 'to take care that the laws be faithfully executed' allows him to violate criminal laws, said Judge Karen Henderson, an appointee of former Republican president George H.W. Bush." | Positive | 34% Conservative |
| "Trump, the frontruer for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, is scheduled to go on trial in Washington on March 4 on charges of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election won by Democrat Joe Biden." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "Special Counsel Jack Smith, who brought the election conspiracy case against Trump, had asked the US Supreme Court to take up the immunity claim on an expedited basis, bypassing the federal court of appeals." | Negative | -36% Liberal |
| "The Supreme Court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, including three justices nominated by Trump, denied Smith's request to immediately hear the case but the appeals court decision -- wherever it lands -- is likely to wind up with the nation's highest court eventually." | Negative | -36% Liberal |
| "If I don't get Immunity, then Crooked Joe Biden doesn't get Immunity, Trump said, claiming his 81-year-old Democratic opponent would be ripe for Indictment." | Negative | -46% Liberal |
| "Trump also faces election-related charges in Georgia -- where he has also claimed immunity -- and has been indicted in Florida on charges of illegally taking large quantities of top-secret documents with him on leaving the White House." | Negative | -46% Liberal |
| "Trump, in a post on his Truth Social platform ahead of the hearing, warned that a rejection of his immunity defense could lead to indictments of Biden." | Negative | -48% Liberal |
| "Trump was impeached by the Democratic-majority House of Representatives following the attack on the Capitol for incitement of insurrection but was acquitted, with Republican support, in the Senate." | Negative | -48% Liberal |
| "Never before has there been allegations that a sitting president has with private individuals and using the levers of power sought to fundamentally subvert the democratic republic and the electoral system, Pearce said.- 'Ripe for indictment' -Trump was not actually required to attend the hearing." | Negative | -50% Liberal |
| "The special counsel has been trying to keep the March start date for Trump's trial on track while lawyers for the former president have sought repeatedly to delay it until after the November 2024 election, widely expected to be a rematch between Trump and Biden." | Negative | -56% Liberal |
| "James Pearce, an attorney for the Justice Department, pushed back against the immunity claim and said the circumstances surrounding Trump's conduct were unique." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "James Pearce, an attorney for the Justice Department, pushed back against the immunity claim and said the circumstances surrounding Trump's conduct were unique." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Last week, the Supreme Court agreed to hear Trump's appeal of a ruling by Colorado's highest court that would keep him off the presidential primary ballot in the western state." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "The 77-year-old Trump attended the appeals court hearing held under tight security in a federal courthouse just blocks away from the US Capitol stormed by his supporters on January 6, 2021." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "Trump, the frontruer for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, is scheduled to go on trial in Washington on March 4 on charges of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election won by Democrat Joe Biden." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "Trump, the frontruer for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, is scheduled to go on trial in Washington on March 4 on charges of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election won by Democrat Joe Biden." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "US District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is to preside over Trump's election interference trial, rejected his immunity claim last month and the judges who heard his appeal on Tuesday also appeared to be unconvinced by the argument." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "The motorcade with former US president Donald Trump arrives at federal court for a hearing regarding the extent of his presidential immunityA panel of US appeals court judges appeared skeptical on Tuesday of Donald Trump's claim that as a former president he should be immune from prosecution on charges that he conspired to overturn the 2020 election." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "The motorcade with former US president Donald Trump arrives at federal court for a hearing regarding the extent of his presidential immunityA panel of US appeals court judges appeared skeptical on Tuesday of Donald Trump's claim that as a former president he should be immune from prosecution on charges that he conspired to overturn the 2020 election." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "Trump's attorney John Sauer told a three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit that a president can only be prosecuted for actions taken while in the White House if they have first been impeached and convicted by Congress." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "Judge Florence Pan, a Biden appointee, asked whether a president who ordered the assassination of a political rival by the Navy SEAL special forces could be criminally prosecuted even if they had not been impeached and convicted first by Congress." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "It would authorize, for example, the indictment of President Biden in the Western District of Texas after he leaves office for mismanaging the border." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "Special Counsel Jack Smith, who brought the election conspiracy case against Trump, had asked the US Supreme Court to take up the immunity claim on an expedited basis, bypassing the federal court of appeals." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "The Supreme Court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, including three justices nominated by Trump, denied Smith's request to immediately hear the case but the appeals court decision -- wherever it lands -- is likely to wind up with the nation's highest court eventually." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "If I don't get Immunity, then Crooked Joe Biden doesn't get Immunity, Trump said, claiming his 81-year-old Democratic opponent would be ripe for Indictment." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "Trump also faces election-related charges in Georgia -- where he has also claimed immunity -- and has been indicted in Florida on charges of illegally taking large quantities of top-secret documents with him on leaving the White House." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "Trump, in a post on his Truth Social platform ahead of the hearing, warned that a rejection of his immunity defense could lead to indictments of Biden." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "Trump was impeached by the Democratic-majority House of Representatives following the attack on the Capitol for incitement of insurrection but was acquitted, with Republican support, in the Senate." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "Never before has there been allegations that a sitting president has with private individuals and using the levers of power sought to fundamentally subvert the democratic republic and the electoral system, Pearce said.- 'Ripe for indictment' -Trump was not actually required to attend the hearing." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "Never before has there been allegations that a sitting president has with private individuals and using the levers of power sought to fundamentally subvert the democratic republic and the electoral system, Pearce said.- 'Ripe for indictment' -Trump was not actually required to attend the hearing." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "The special counsel has been trying to keep the March start date for Trump's trial on track while lawyers for the former president have sought repeatedly to delay it until after the November 2024 election, widely expected to be a rematch between Trump and Biden." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "The special counsel has been trying to keep the March start date for Trump's trial on track while lawyers for the former president have sought repeatedly to delay it until after the November 2024 election, widely expected to be a rematch between Trump and Biden." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "The special counsel has been trying to keep the March start date for Trump's trial on track while lawyers for the former president have sought repeatedly to delay it until after the November 2024 election, widely expected to be a rematch between Trump and Biden." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
67% : "I think it's paradoxical to say that his constitutional duty 'to take care that the laws be faithfully executed' allows him to violate criminal laws," said Judge Karen Henderson, an appointee of former Republican president George H.W. Bush.43% : Trump, the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, is scheduled to go on trial in Washington on March 4 on charges of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election won by Democrat Joe Biden.
32% : "Special Counsel Jack Smith, who brought the election conspiracy case against Trump, had asked the US Supreme Court to take up the immunity claim on an expedited basis, bypassing the federal court of appeals.
32% : The Supreme Court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, including three justices nominated by Trump, denied Smith's request to immediately hear the case but the appeals court decision -- wherever it lands -- is likely to wind up with the nation's highest court eventually.
27% : "If I don't get Immunity, then Crooked Joe Biden doesn't get Immunity," Trump said, claiming his 81-year-old Democratic opponent "would be ripe for Indictment.
27% : Trump also faces election-related charges in Georgia -- where he has also claimed immunity -- and has been indicted in Florida on charges of illegally taking large quantities of top-secret documents with him on leaving the White House.
26% : Trump, in a post on his Truth Social platform ahead of the hearing, warned that a rejection of his immunity defense could lead to indictments of Biden.
26% : Trump was impeached by the Democratic-majority House of Representatives following the attack on the Capitol for "incitement of insurrection" but was acquitted, with Republican support, in the Senate.
25% : "Never before has there been allegations that a sitting president has with private individuals and using the levers of power sought to fundamentally subvert the democratic republic and the electoral system," Pearce said.- 'Ripe for indictment' -Trump was not actually required to attend the hearing.
22% : The special counsel has been trying to keep the March start date for Trump's trial on track while lawyers for the former president have sought repeatedly to delay it until after the November 2024 election, widely expected to be a rematch between Trump and Biden.
*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.