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Justices weren’t in a hurry to hear the caseThe immunity case first arrived at the justices’ door in December.
Perhaps, she hoped to influence lower court judges to read the Roberts opinion as more flexible for a future prosecution.
It was a particularly extreme section of Roberts’ opinion – decided by the kind of 5-4 vote the chief justice usually tried to avoid.
He fully joined Roberts’ opinion but then questioned the constitutionality of the special counsel’s office.
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