VOA News | Tuesday, July 2, 2024 
Biden says US leaders will be ‘free to ignore the law’ after Supreme Court decision

U.S. President Joe Biden criticized a Supreme Court ruling Monday that granted presidents broad immunity from prosecution for official acts conducted while in office, in a case involving former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. “No one is above the law, not even the president of the United States,” Biden said during an address from the White House Monday evening. Biden vowed to continue to respect the limits of presidential power but warned that future presidents may not. “Any president, including Donald Trump, will now be free to ignore the law,” Biden said. The president said Monday’s ruling was the latest in “a series of attacks in recent years on a wide range of long-established legal principles in our nation” by the court, citing rulings against abortion rights and civil rights-era voting laws among decisions that “undermine the rule of law in this nation.” The Supreme Court said that while Trump had immunity for official acts while in office, there was no immunity for unofficial acts. The top U.S. court left it up to…Read more