Former President Donald Trump is celebrating his ‘big victory’ at the Supreme Court over presidential immunity as Democrats began to fall apart.
The 6-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court ruled Monday that a president has immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts in a monumental decision.
The 6-3 decision is a major blow to special prosecutor Jack Smith’s case against the former president.
‘GREAT WIN FOR OUR CONSTITUTION & DEMOCRACY. PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN!’ Trump wrote on Truth Social immediately after the Supreme Court’s decision was released on Monday.
The majority of the country’s highest court ruled that the president has immunity from prosecution for official acts in office. The president has no immunity for unofficial acts, the majority concluded.
The three liberal justices dissented and expressed concern about what the decision means for democracy, arguing that the constitution does not “protect a former president from being held accountable for criminal acts and treason.”
Donald Trump at a campaign event on June 18, 2024. The former president on Monday celebrated the Supreme Court’s decision on presidential immunity, calling it a “GREAT VICTORY.”
The former president, in a separate post on Truth Social, said the decision should end all criminal cases against him, including the New York convictions and the civil fraud case.
Trump was joined in his praise of the Supreme Court’s decision by his fellow Republicans who celebrated the court’s decision on presidential powers.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican, called the ruling a “victory for former President Trump and all future presidents.” and another defeat for the Justice Department armed by President Biden and Jack Smith.
Republican Senator Roger Marshall wrote in X that the Supreme Court made the right decision.
“We must maintain strong presidential immunity protections to ensure our leaders can make difficult decisions without fear of political retaliation,” he wrote.
Senator Marsha Blackburn said the decision “rebukes Democrats’ blatant attempts to weaponize our legal system against Donald Trump.”
While Republicans hailed the decision, Democrats began to break down, saying Trump is even “more unhinged” than ever.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Monday she will file articles of impeachment against conservative judges after they ruled on Donald Trump’s immunity case.
Supreme Court justices are appointed for life unless they choose to resign or are removed, and the last and only time a justice was removed was in 1805.
“The Supreme Court has been consumed by a corruption crisis beyond its control,” AOC posted on X. “Today’s ruling represents an attack on American democracy.”
“It is up to Congress to defend our nation from this authoritarian capture,” he continued. “I intend to present articles of impeachment upon our return.”
Speaking on behalf of the Biden campaign on Monday, Congressman Dan Goldman said the decision marks a dramatic setback for democracy.
“It’s a sweeping and devastating opinion on our separation of powers and on our fundamental belief and notion that no one is above the law,” Goldman said.
He noted that the implication is that there will be no trial in Trump’s election interference case before the election.
President Biden’s deputy campaign manager criticized the Supreme Court’s decision. Quentin Fulks said Trump has become more “unhinged” since the Jan. 6 attack and that because of the court’s decision, he is “out of control.”
Quentin Fulks, Biden’s deputy campaign manager, said the decision does not change the facts of what the American people saw on January 6, 2021. He called Trump desperate and unstable and accused him of encouraging a mob to try to overturn the elections. elections.
“Since that fateful day, Trump has only become more unhinged and is now out of control,” Fulks said.
“Today’s Supreme Court decision to grant legal immunity to a former president for crimes committed using his official power sets a dangerous precedent for the future of our nation,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said in a statement.
“This shameful decision by the MAGA Supreme Court, comprised of three justices appointed by Trump himself, allows the former president to undermine our democracy by breaking the law,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer wrote in X.
“This undermines the credibility of the Supreme Court and suggests that political influence reigns supreme in our courts today,” he said.
Former Attorney General Eric Holder, who served during President Obama’s administration, wrote of the decision: “Our democracy has been gravely wounded.”
