Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Saturday she hopes the Supreme Court will overturn its 2024 presidential immunity ruling in her lifetime.
Sotomayor spoke for about an hour at a civics education event at George Washingtons Mount Vernon estate. She told the audience, I dissent a lot, and said she is hoping that the court will take back some of the crazy things that its done, adding that she was only joking maybe not. She then said, No, seriously, and that she has spoken openly about this, with some opinions that I hope in my lifetime will get overturned, including the immunity case.
The case she named is Trump v. United States, the July 2024 decision in which the Court, 6-3, held that former presidents have absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions within their core constitutional powers and at least presumptive immunity for other official acts, but no immunity for unofficial conduct. In her dissent, Sotomayor wrote, The President is now a king above the law, and closed, With fear for our democracy, I dissent.
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