US President Joe Biden criticized the Supreme Court’s decision Monday to grant substantial immunity from prosecution to former President Donald Trump on election subversion charges in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol. Each of us is equal before the law…No one is above the law, not even the president of United States," Biden said. “Today's Supreme Court decision on presidential immunity fundamentally changed that for all practical purposes. His remarks came after the Supreme Court, in a monumental decision, ruled that former presidents enjoy a presumption of criminal immunity for official acts while in the White House, handing a win to Trump. "This is a fundamentally new principle, and it's a dangerous precedent because the power of the office will no longer be constrained by the law, even including the Supreme Court of the United States.

Source: The Nation July 02, 2024 22:39 UTC