Biden issues a warning about the power of the presidency – and Trump – after Supreme Court’s immunity ruling | CNN Politics

Washington CNN — President Joe Biden on Monday condemned the Supreme Court’s decision which ruled that presidents have an absolute immunity from prosecution for core official acts, and issued a stern warning over a possible second term for former President Donald Trump. “There are no kings in America. Each, each of us is equal before the law. No one, no one is above the law, not even the president of the United States,” Biden said in a speech from the White House. “(With) today’s Supreme Court decision on presidential immunity, that fundamentally changed. For all practical purposes, there are virtually no limits on what the president can do. It’s 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.” The Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision along ideological lines,ruledthat Trump may claim immunity from criminal prosecution for some of the actions he took a...