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Jul 2024
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Presidential immunity, Viktor Orban’s EU...

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The US Supreme Court has ruled that presidents have immunity for official acts carried out while in office. Prime Minister Viktor Orban meets Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskiy as Hungary takes its turn at the rotating EU presidency. And another US Supreme Court decision may hobble environmental legislation. 


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