The United States of America now has a King. With the Supreme court ruling 6 to 3 that the President has total immunity from criminal prosecution for official actions but not unofficial ones. They failed to define what’s what and sent it to a lower court to decide - and that decision will likely be appealed right back to the Supreme Court. With Sotomayor dissenting saying: “The relationship between the President and the people he serves has shifted irrevocably. In every use of official power, the President is now a king above the law.” And finishing with: “Never in the history of our Republic has a President had reason to believe that he would be immune from criminal prosecution if he used the trappings of his office to violate the criminal law. Moving forward, however, all former Presidents will be cloaked in such immunity. If the occupant of that office misuses official power for personal gain, the criminal law that the rest of us must abide by will not provide a backstop. With fear for our democracy, I dissent.”

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Produced by: Ben Wheeler, Philip DeFranco
Edited by: Ben Wheeler
Art Department: William Crespo
Writing/Research: Ben Wheeler, Philip DeFranco
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