US Supreme Court Grants US Presidents Near-Complete Legal Immunity
At the behest of its ruling capitalist class, the Supreme Court of the USA has ruled this week in a 6-3 decision that US Presidents are almost completely immune from any type of prosecution -- totally immune from prosecution for official acts and largely immune from prosecution for unofficial acts, with significant restrictions on how they can be prosecuted for these including what evidence can be used.
The US government has been moving in this direction for several decades now, particularly since the 9/11 attacks of 2001 and the subsequent PATRIOT Act and launching of the Global War on Terror. However, earlier precedents also exist including the 2000 POTUS election debacle, the Counterterrorism Act of 1995, and other police state legislation which has created an unaccountable, militarized executive branch. The Republican Party has long been at the fore of these efforts, with the Democratic Party either going along for the ride or actively helping to advance the changes.
Dissenting Justice Sotomayor wrote about the decision:
"The President of the United States is the most powerful person in the country, and possibly the world. When he uses his official powers in any way, under the majority's reasoning, he will now be insulated from criminal prosecution. Orders the Navy's Seal Team 6 to assassinate a political rival? Immune. Organizes a military coup to hold onto power? Immune. Takes a bribe in exchange for a pardon? Immune."
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