Rep. Sewell cosponsors constitutional amendment on presidential immunity

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Rep. Sewell cosponsors constitutional amendment on presidential immunity

On Wednesday, fifty House Democrats, including Alabama Congresswoman Terri Sewell, proposed a new constitutional amendment. The proposed 28th Amendment is a reaction to the Supreme Court’s ruling on Trump v. United States. In the controversial majority opinion from earlier this month, the conservative bloc of six justices found presidents have “absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions within his conclusive and preclusive constitut…