U.S. Rep. John Larson, who represents Connecticut’s 1st District that includes West Hartford, is one of the co-sponsors of a constitutional amendment. 

By Jamil Ragland, CTNewsJunkie.com 

As calls for reform of the US Supreme Court increase, Rep. John Larson, D-1st District, has announced his support for a constitutional amendment to limit the impact of a recent Supreme Court decision expanding presidential immunity.

Larson, along with over 40 members of Congress, co-sponsored a constitutional amendment that would undo key parts of United States of America v. Donald Trump, the case in which the Supreme Court ruled that presidents have absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for acts carried out under the “conclusive and preclusive constitutional authority,” and presumptive immunity for official acts performed as president. Critics decried the ruling as essentially placing the president above the law.

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