Supreme Court Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson issued dissents Monday in which they vehemently object to the court’s 6-3 opinion in the presidential immunity case brought by former President Donald Trump.
The majority of the high court held that presidents are entitled to “absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions within his conclusive and preclusive constitutional authority” as well as “at least presumptive immunity” for all official acts.
But Sotomayor, in a dissent, penned out of “fear for our democracy” and joined by Jackson and Elena Kagan, wrote that the majority’s ruling “reshapes the institution of the Presidency” and that “the President is now a king.”
The Court effectively creates a law-free zone around the President, upsetting the status quo that has existed since the…
