FILE - The Supreme Court building is seen on June 28, 2024, in Washington. Two blockbuster opinions are coming on the Supreme Court term's final day, Monday, July 1: whether Donald Trump is immune from federal criminal prosecution as a former president and whether state laws limiting how social media platforms regulate content posted by their users violate the Constitution.
By holding on to the case until early July, the justices have reduced, if not eliminated, the chance that Trump will have to stand trial before the November election, no matter what the court decides., the justices moved much faster. Fifty years ago, the court handed down its decision forcing President Richard Nixon to turn over recordings of Oval Office conversations just 16 days after hearing arguments.
Conservative justices don't usually side with criminal defendants, said University of Pennsylvania law professor Kim Roosevelt.