"Dangerous precedent": US President Biden criticises Supreme Court's ruling on Trump's immunity
presidential immunity and said that it is a "dangerous precedent", adding that the president is now a king above the law.
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled that former President Donald Trump is entitled to have substantial immunity from prosecution on charges of plotting to subvert the 2020 election, The New York Times reported.
Calling it a «terrible disservice» to the Americans, President Biden said that the US was founded on the principle that there are no kings in America.
«Each, each of us is equal before the law. No one is above the law, not even the president of the United States,» he said during his live remarks on X.
US President Biden added, «With today's Supreme Court decision and presidential immunity that fundamentally changed for all practical purposes, today's decision almost certainly means that there are virtually no limits on what the president can do.»
He stressed that this is a fundamentally new principle.
«And it's a dangerous precedent because the power of the office will no longer be constrained by the law, even including the Supreme Court of the United States,» Biden said.
He added, «The only limits will be self-imposed by the president alone.»
Criticising the apex court's decision which came on Monday, Biden said that the decision undermines the rule of law of this country.
«This decision today, has continued the court's attack in recent years on a wide range of long-established legal principles in our nation. From gutting voting rights and civil rights to taking away a woman's
