President Joe Biden urged voters to “dissent” from the Supreme Court’s decision on Monday to give former President Donald Trump partial immunity for his acts in office after the 2020 election, saying the power of the presidency would have “virtually no limits.”
Breaking 6-3 along ideological lines, the high court’s conservative justices ruled that presidents, including former ones like Trump, should have total immunity for “core” official acts as described by the Constitution, and the presumption of immunity for all other official acts — but no immunity for unofficial acts, like campaign functions.
“This nation was founded on the principle that there are no kings in America. Each of us is equal before the law,” Biden said after returning from the White House after an extended stay at Camp David and on the road following his sluggish debate Thursday against Trump. “No one — no one — is above the law, not even the president of the United States.
