The political ramifications of the Supreme Court’s decision on Presidential immunity this past June were profound. The Court’s ruling granted Trump absolute immunity for official acts, significantly impacting the legal strategies of both his supporters and opponents. This decision not only protected Trump from certain prosecutions but also underscored the contentious nature of judicial intervention in presidential conduct.
The Court’s decision drew a sharp response from liberal justices and the mainstream media, who were livid in their dissent. They argued that without the ability to prosecute a president for actions taken in office, there would be a lack of accountability for potential abuses of power. However, the correct majority opinion held that prosecuting a president for official acts would undermine the constitutional separation of powers and potentially lead to judicial overreach.
This ruling also had a direct impact on Jack Smith’s political persecution of Trump in D.C. The case was remanded to the trial court, where Trump would benefit from absolute immunity for many of the allegations and presumptive immunity for others. This was a major victory for the rule of law in this country. The Democrats have been engaging in lawfare for years now, skirting the boundaries of our fair justice system to go after political opponents. Ironically, they do this in the name of democracy.
Leftist pundits were upset about the decisions because it restored an important aspect of the Constitutional order. Democrats do not like limits because they are barriers to their power. That is the point of these limits in the first place: to stop abuses of government. Lawfare has been a plague on our Constitutional order and the Supreme Court’s decision is an important step in fighting back.
This post originally appeared at https://www.phyllisschlafly.com/constitution/scotus-fights-back-at-lawfare/
Phyllis Schlafly