"One would also hope that a UK judgment as to the extent to which a king had #personalimmunity from #criminalliability would be better reasoned and with more regard to the #ruleoflaw than the #USSupremeCourt’s disappointing effort this week. As it stands, the court merely set out why a president is now no different from a king."

The US #SupremeCourt’s weak and partisan judgment on presidential immunity
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/67136/the-us-supreme-courts-weak-and-partisan-judgment-on-presidential-immunity

#constitutionallaw
#partisanpolitics
#presidentialimmunity

The US Supreme Court’s weak and partisan judgment on presidential immunity

The majority of the court did not engage with the rule of law