Following the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity, the Biden campaign released a statement slamming former President Donald Trump for the January 6 protests.
The ruling, by a 6-3 majority, found that the president has limited immunity from criminal prosecution for acts committed while in office.
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“Today’s ruling does not change the facts, but let us be clear about what happened on January 6th: Donald Trump, in a fit of rage after losing the 2020 election, incited a mob to try to overturn the results of a free and fair election,” a senior Biden campaign official said in a statement.
“Mr Trump is running for president as a convicted felon for the same reason he stood by while a mob violently stormed the Capitol – he believes he is above the law and will do whatever it takes to gain and retain power,” the official added.
Biden-Harris campaign statement on Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling pic.twitter.com/Lusy7RzKbd
— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) July 1, 2024
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) also slammed the ruling, calling it a “disgraceful decision by MAGA SCOTUS.”
“This disgraceful decision by the MAGA SCOTUS, comprised of three justices appointed by President Trump himself, allows a former president to break the law and undermine our democracy. It undermines the credibility of the SCOTUS and suggests that political influence prevails above all else on our court today.”
The decision also didn’t sit well with Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who accused the Supreme Court of “running wild.”
“Today, the Supreme Court issued an arbitrary decision that violated a fundamental American principle that no one is above the law,” she said. “The former president’s assertion of total presidential immunity is an affront to the vision of our Founding Fathers, who declared our independence from King David.”
Today, the Supreme Court made an arbitrary decision, violating a fundamental American principle that no one is above the law.
The assertion of total presidential immunity by a former president is an affront to the vision of our Founding Fathers, who declared our independence from King David.
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) July 1, 2024
Former President Trump celebrated the verdict as a victory for democracy.
“A huge victory for our Constitution and Democracy. Proud to be an American!” Trump posted on Truth Social.
This case raises a question of enduring importance: When can a former president be prosecuted for official acts taken while in office? Our nation has never needed that answer before. But in addressing the question today, unlike the political branch and the public at large, we cannot afford to fixate solely or primarily on the emergency of the present. In a case such as this, a focus on “temporary results” could have significant implications for the separation of powers and our nation’s future.
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The president does not enjoy immunity from liability for informal acts, and not all of his actions are official. The president is not above the law. But Congress cannot criminalize the president’s actions in carrying out executive responsibilities under the Constitution. And the system of separation of powers designed by the Framers of the Constitution has always required a vigorous and independent executive branch.
Thus, the President cannot be prosecuted for the exercise of core Constitutional powers and, at a minimum, the President enjoys presumptive immunity from prosecution for all official acts — immunity that applies equally to all Oval Office officials, regardless of politics, policy, or party affiliation.
This incident Trump vs. the United StatesCase No. 23-939, in the U.S. Supreme Court.
Wendell Fsebo is a political reporter for Breitbart News and a former Republican War Room analyst. The Politics of Slave MoralityFollow Wendell “Bat” @WendellHusebø or The truth of society @WendellHusebo.
