Sotomayor scolds immunity decision for making presidents ‘king above the law’

Justice Sonia Sotomayor said the Supreme Court’s decision granting former President Trump “completely insulate[s] presidents from criminal liability” in a forceful dissent issued on Monday.

“Today’s decision to grant former Presidents criminal immunity reshapes the institution of the Presidency,” Sotomayor wrote in the 30-page dissent, joined by fellow liberal Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson.

“It makes a mockery of the principle, foundational to our Constitution and system of Government...