President Joe Biden delivered a five-minute jeremiad Monday night in response to the Supreme Court docket Trump v. United States A ruling on presidential immunity earlier within the day.
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Biden invoked Affiliate Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s dissent from the ruling, which discovered that the president is immune from felony prosecution for official acts: “‘In each train of presidency energy, the president is now a king above the legislation. I dissent out of worry for our democracy.’ Finish quote. So the American individuals ought to disagree. God bless you all and God save our democracy.”
Biden’s transient feedback got here amid ongoing press protection of a June 27 presidential debate with former President Donald Trump, which was broadly thought-about a catastrophe for the 81-year-old incumbent.
