As former President Donald Trump looks to the U.S. Supreme Court for answers on his claims of presidential immunity, a Republican group has launched an ad campaign in opposition.
Republicans for the Rule of Law launched a $2 million TV ad campaign featuring conservatives arguing that the Supreme Court should reject the former president's immunity claim.
Supreme Court justices are considering a case involving Trump and whether presidents have immunity from criminal prosecutions. Trump's team argued that the president must have immunity for a functioning democracy to flourish, while the attorney for the federal government argued that presidents don't enjoy blanket criminal immunity.
The nation's highest court heard those oral arguments in the case on April 25.
The ad campaign is set to air in 12 states, including Alabama and Texas and states that are directly affected by these arguments, such as Georgia and Pennsylvania.
"Our constitutional system is predicated on legal accountability and equal justice under the law, even for presidents and past presidents," said Sarah Longwell, executive director of Republicans for the Rule of Law. "Conservatives feel this in our bones: No man or woman is above the law. In this case, that means rejecting the 'absolute immunity' claim."
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