Ds pitch No Kings Act to override USC’s Trump immunity ruling

[wvit1001]

Chuck Schumer will introduce a bill in the Senate today to declare explicitly that presidents do not have immunity from criminal conduct, overriding last month’s supreme court ruling that Donald Trump has some immunity for his actions as president.

The No Kings Act, which would apply to presidents and vice-presidents, has more than two dozen Democratic co-sponsors.

“Given the dangerous and consequential implications of the court’s ruling, legislation would be the fastest and most efficient method to correcting the grave precedent the Trump ruling presented,” the Senate majority leader said in a statement.

“With this glaring and partisan overreach, Congress has an obligation – and a constitutional authority – to act as a check and balance to the judicial branch.”

The bill would stipulate that Congress, rather than the supreme court, has the authority to determine to whom federal criminal laws are applied.

“This nation was founded on the principle there are no kings in America, each of us is equal before the law,” the president said in a statement after the ruling.

He noted Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s dissent, in which she said, “In every use of official power, the president is now a king above the law. With fear for our democracy, I dissent.”



https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/01/no-kings-act-trump-immunity-supreme-court

[gwboolean]

A fine idea.  However, it will take some time.  I think that Biden should give this immunity thing a workout before it is gone. DAMN

[stretch351c]

And it will go nowhere. Political posturing, nothing more.

[Local5th]

That's dumber than dog shit.

But if it succeeds we can charge Obama for ordering the death of an American in Afghanistan.

[wvit1001]

who's this "we" local, do you have a mouse in your pocket?

[Local5th]

Is that the best you got wvit?