An egregious, unconscionable ruling on presidential immunity from the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court has just ruled that the president is, in fact, above the law - absolutely immune from criminal prosecution for some conduct and "presumptively" immune for much else. It is that he will be emboldened by the protection the court just gave him to behave even more unconscionably in a second term. If I sound worked up, it is because a six-justice majority opinion in the aptly named Trump v. United States is bad beyond my wildest imaginings. The court could have carved out an oasis of protection for reasonable presidents engaging in reasonable executive actions.

Source: Washington Post July 02, 2024 22:37 UTC