President Joe BIden’s plan to overhaul the U.S. Supreme Court got a boost from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) who introduced legislation to strip former President Trump of immunity.
Last month, the high court ruled that former presidents have broad immunity from being criminally prosecuted for official acts. But days after Biden announced his radical plan to transform the Supreme Court, Schumer introduced the “No Kings Act” in an attempt to “clarify” that the Constitution does not, in fact, give presidents immunity from criminal prosecution.
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Schumer blasted the Supreme Court’s ruling as “dangerous and devastating” in a statement.
“The MAGA Supreme Court has once again subverted the will of the American people, and the very idea of democracy itself,” the New York Democrat said.
“The Founders were explicit – no man in America shall be a king. Yet, in their disastrous decision, the Supreme Court threw out centuries of precedent and anointed Trump and subsequent presidents as kings above the law. Given the dangerous and consequential implications of the Court’s ruling, legislation would be the fastest and most efficient method to correcting the grave precedent the Trump ruling presented. With this glaring and partisan overreach, Congress has an obligation – and a constitutional authority – to act as a check and balance to the judicial branch,” Schumer added.
Following the MAGA Supreme Court’s disastrous immunity ruling:
I’m introducing the No Kings Act.
This bill would reaffirm that the President is not immune to legal accountability and remove the Supreme Court’s jurisdiction to hear appeals related to presidential immunity.
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) August 1, 2024
Democratic Sens. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania and Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin supported the measure which was backed by 34 Democratic co-sponsors.
Not only would the legislation establish that former presidents and vice presidents do not have immunity if they have violated the law, but it would also allow the federal government to charge them with crimes in any district in the nation.
Schumer’s bill “would also take away the Supreme Court’s authority to address appeals regarding the bill’s constitutionality,” Fox News noted.
“Instead, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia would handle challenges to the law, and the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit would have appellate jurisdiction,” the outlet added.
The “No Kings Act” will likely not garner enough support from Republicans in the Senate to make it through but Schumer is doing his part to help Biden with his radical policies as he exits the White House. The Majority Leader praised the president’s announced plan to impose term limits on Supreme Court justices, who are appointed for life, and enforce a code of ethics.
“I am particularly pleased President Biden called for undoing the damage of the Court’s recent immunity decision,” he said earlier this week from the Senate floor.
“An option I am considering is drawing up legislation clarifying that the President is not immune from violations of federal law,” Schumer said as he teased his upcoming bill.
But the Democrat leader did not commit to bringing Biden’s proposal to the chamber floor for a vote, suggesting instead that Congress be involved.
“I think Congress should pursue the idea through legislation, and I’m working with my colleagues on the best way to proceed,” he said.
What he wants to do would require a constitutional amendment.
That takes WAY more than congress.— \m/-=3Đ∇サ=-\m/ (@CargoShortLife) July 30, 2024
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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida. Powers also contributes to BizPac Review.
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