Sen. Welch expresses concern over Supreme Court immunity ruling

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WCAX) - A Vermont representative to Washington is raising the alarm about a Supreme Court ruling from this summer, and introducing a plan to roll back the ruling. In a judiciary committee hearing, Senator Peter Welch denounced the Supreme Court ruling from July that said former presidents have immunity from prosecution for official acts. That decision was made around the January 6 case against former president Donald Trump. In Tuesday’s hearing, Welch said the ruling endangers the checks and balances outlined in the U.S. Constitution. “At the heart...