 What's the precedent here? The precedent is, well, there are a lot of precedents that the court cites in the decision, one of which, one that keeps recurring, is Nixon versus Fitzgerald. This is a case from 1982. The court found that the president, quote, is entitled to absolute immunity from damages liability predicated on his official act. So this was a civil case. A guy gets fired by Nixon and sues, and the court finds, quote,