Today: SCOTUS Immunity Ruling, bell hooks and Cursive in Schools

Plus: Real Pic of Mary Magdalene's Skull in French Church? [View in browser](~/AASU4wA~/RgRoZ9BeP0RCaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvcWJzanprczMyeS8_bGhfYWlkPTQ4MzYwJmxoX2NpZD05MXBmeHBkMnI5VwNzcGNCCmZ8YUuFZtLKUqFSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAWw~~) WEDNESDAY EDITION Snopes Debunker July 3, 2024 Today: SCOTUS Immunity Ruling, bell hooks and Cursive in Schools [A white man wearing a black coat and gloves stand in front of several red, white and blue flags.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRoZ9BeP0RmaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvcDdzYWgyYnlpci8_bGhfYWlkPTQ4MzYwJmxoX2NpZD05MXBmeHBkMnI5JmxoX2VtPXRyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1JTQwZ21haWwuY29tVwNzcGNCCmZ8YUuFZtLKUqFSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAWw~~) SCOTUS Ruling Allows President to Send Seal Team 6 to Kill Political Opponents? The [claim](~/AASU4wA~/RgRoZ9BeP0RCaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvM2NiY2ZpMXB2eC8_bGhfYWlkPTQ4MzYwJmxoX2NpZD05MXBmeHBkMnI5VwNzcGNCCmZ8YUuFZtLKUqFSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAWw~~) that the U.S. Supreme Court made a sitting president immune from prosecution for ordering elements of the military — such as Seal Team 6 — from killing a political opponent arose as a common talking point in the aftermath of the high court's July 1 ruling in Trump v. United States. While several Supreme Court justices [agree](~/AASU4wA~/RgRoZ9BeP0RCaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvdHduZG1mODZpZy8_bGhfYWlkPTQ4MzYwJmxoX2NpZD05MXBmeHBkMnI5VwNzcGNCCmZ8YUuFZtLKUqFSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAWw~~) that the decision could provide the immunity described in viral tweets like the one shown above, the decision did not explicitly argue that this power existed. That language stems from Justice Sonya Sotomayor's dissenting opinion, but carries [no](~/AASU4wA~/RgRoZ9BeP0RCaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvbjJlMm40bzk0Yy8_bGhfYWlkPTQ4MzYwJmxoX2NpZD05MXBmeHBkMnI5VwNzcGNCCmZ8YUuFZtLKUqFSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAWw~~) legal weight, and references to an [exchange](~/AASU4wA~/RgRoZ9BeP0RCaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvYjd6MnluZnNudi8_bGhfYWlkPTQ4MzYwJmxoX2NpZD05MXBmeHBkMnI5VwNzcGNCCmZ8YUuFZtLKUqFSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAWw~~) between a Trump lawyer and an appellate judge involved in the case. Snopes Senior Reporter Alex Kasprak has the details. 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