Political Quotes

“Madam President, American democracy stands today at a perilous crossroads. One week ago, the six conservative Justices on the Supreme Court undermined the most basic premise in our constitutional order, that no one--no one--is above the law. They incorrectly declared that former President Donald Trump enjoys broad immunity from criminal prosecution for actions he took while in office. They incorrectly declared that all future Presidents are entitled to a breathtaking level of immunity so long as their conduct is ostensibly carried out in their official capacity as President. They incorrectly declared, in effect, the same thing Richard Nixon told David Frost in 1977. Nixon said: When the President does it, that means that it is not illegal. That is what the Court, in effect, was saying. We were all taught in grade school that there are no kings here in America, but what the conservative Justices have done is effectively placed a crown on Donald Trump's head. In their judgment, the President is now free to behave however he likes, even to behave criminally, and as long as he argues that he was acting as President, he is, in many ways, untouchable. The conservative majority's decision on immunity is the most un- American proposition, the very antithesis of what the Framers envisioned. Presidential immunity is nowhere to be found in the constitution, and this lawless ruling underscores just how hollow the conservative Justices' commitment to originalism truly is.…”