Legal experts are expressing concern about the widespread implications of the Supreme Court decision released Monday stating that Donald Trump and other past and future presidents enjoy “absolute immunity” for “official acts” taken in office.
In the 6-3 ruling, the court's right-wing majority said presidents are entitled to “absolute immunity” from criminal prosecution for actions related to their official duties. All three liberal judges dissented, with Justice Sonia Sotomayor writing that the decision “reshapes the institution of the Presidency,” and “makes a mockery of the principle, foundational to our Constitution and system of Government, that no man is above the law.”
