Justices Sotomayor and Jackson warned of an executive power blanketed with immunity for undefined official duties.
Share on linkedin Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor talk on the House floor ahead of the annual State of the Union address on Mar. 7, 2024 . Photo: Shawn Thew-Pool/Getty ImagesMonday granting presidents immunity from prosecution while carrying out "official acts" included consequential conclusions from the majority as well as forceful dissents from liberal justices.
"The relationship between the President and the people he serves has shifted irrevocably," she wrote. "In every use of official power, the President is now a king above the law." "I am deeply troubled by the idea, inherent in the majority's opinion, that our Nation loses something valuable when the President is forced to operate within the confines of federal criminal law."echoed Sotomayor's warning of the commander-in-chief assuming a monarch-like power.
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