Critics decry the decision as ‘judicial overreach’, warning it sets a ‘terrible’ precedent that could shield officials from accountability

The fallout has cast a pall over what would otherwise have been a self-congratulatory celebration, in the form of the president’s state of the nation address to Congress on Monday.

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