"King above the law”: Is the United States president above the law? | BBC News 

The same judges who say "yes" now will be the first to say "no" depending on which President exactly was in question! For example, one wonders if Obama could've gotten away with a fraction of all what Trump has said and done. One just wonders!

I don't want s dictatorship or a monarchy.

My question is, after the Supreme Court ruled on USA president immunity . Can the American president fire all Supreme Court Justices and replace them with new ones ?

Sounds like your analyst is saying that anything trump has done is covered by immunity, but anything Biden could think up to do to thwart trump would be off limits and not covered by immunity.

If it is impossible for consequences to be brought upon a perpetrator of a crime, that crime is decriminalised, de facto legal.

*CRITICAL THINKING:* How can the president be held accountable for crimes, if evidence of their crimes cannot be reviewed by any court in America?

Question. Why is A President. Or an Ex president so different from amy other person in the USA? Aren't they Human beings also?

Sending love to Britian 😊

Just to clear this up, the Monarchy IS NOT above the law. Rule of law means nobody is. The King could be prosecuted, you do not need the crown to prosecute, private prosecutions happen all the time, ask the RSPCA.

No one is above the law!

To leave "official act" undefined is sloppy. A nation with sloppy law is a sloppy nation.

Because the United States president is no less than a king. He is " King of the world ".

Unfortunately trump knows that Biden is not hard harden like him. He has a conscious and wants to do whats right not cruel. But many wishes he would. Trump will use this ruling if rlected and end democracy.

No one has perfectly earned everything they have in life, especially former president Richard Nixon. People help each other charitably and kindly all of the time.

The king is a constitutional monarch he cannot be tried in his own court but that is not true he can be just need an act of parliament

Hate that the supreme court’s decision was absolutely ridiculous.

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So tragic, the fate of the United States, and all because in 2016 some number of people didn’t like the sound of a woman’s voice.

I wouldn't let the BBC recommend toilet paper.

Does that mean that he Could Kill someone and not be prosecuted? If so. It STINKS.

We have a lot of crazies here. I don't think a king would last long.

How about judges and politicians immunity?

Weapons of mass destruction in Iraq????

The Agency has been above the law long before 9/11

It's a Coup.

America is meant to have three branches of power. The reasoning behind these branches was to keep each other in line. Legislative (Congress / Senate) Executive (President) Judicial (Supreme Court) In my opinion, the Supreme Court just stripped some of its own authority. Which has unbalanced the authority towards to the Executive branch, weakening the other two.

This ruling's greatest threat is what James Madison warned about how the greatest trend towards tyranny could rezide in the office of executive of the ambition to go to war continually, without Congress, which presidents routinely do now in violation of the Constitution. ( Goggle James Madison speech on continuel war be the greatest threat to Liberty.)

have any US president be criminal prosecuted with war crimes, mass surveillance, etc ?

Anthony Zucher is a correspondent. He is not a constitutional law expert. But here, he flips off statements which are really uninformed statements. Heads up.

“I think that I just feel like a young man, I’m so young. I can’t believe it, I’m the youngest person.” - Trump😂

No and we should make positive changes

Not a problem - maybe the BBC could send over Aaronovitch to deal with him in his own inimitable manner . Hardly the goto broadcaster to get an impartial view of this situation now is it? 😂

I wonder if I am right: The Congress watches the Supreme Court and Visa Versa. The Supreme Court is Advisory Only. They have no prosecutorial power as an extension under the Internal Justice System.They may not write laws or pass mandates to lower courts. Lower courts function through the Attorney Generals Office (which is above the Congress) through the Bureau Of Land Management and the Department Of Defense. These are the branches of the Justice System. Ratification of law is only done by the Internal Justice System and Vetoing mandates is the prerogative of the President. The President and Vice President may request laws to be written, but may not write them themselves. Maybe this is just wishful thinking. I hope not.

BBC NEEDS TO RUN YOUR COUNTRY.

If you can pardon anyone what does that say?

biden should dismiss the SCOTUS and re-appoint. Biden can now stay in office past Jan 6

As an citizen of America from the state of Illinois. I must respectfully ask anyone from Great Britain. What is a King?

very helpful commentary, thank you!

Yes,this President joe a bove the law !!!

No.

Please drop the cowboy music. Some of us in America are self-educated and know the score on many complicated issues. Try some classical please.

Yes, President can do anything if he is my party!!!! What kind of logic is that????

There are no levers here

Yes, but it won't last!

"The Buck Stops Here." Thus said Harry Truman, I believe. But whoever said it was wrong, because the buck doesn't stop with the current President -- it stops with every following President, who will all judge the incumbent President for his or her actions in office.

Its ridiculous...no president should be above the law! This whole shit show with Trump thats been going on forever...is getting tiring. He's not in the best interest of America.

Article 1 sec 3 clause 7 of the constiturion says the president is not immune

Supreme Court has laid the path for America to end democracy. It is so sad!

Democracy finished in the USA on 1-7-2024 at 10:30 AM!

This is from the conclusion of the actual ruling: "First, with respect to any criminal conduct relating to a President’s “core constitutional powers”-those subjects “within his ‘conclusive and preclusive’ constitutional authority”-the President is entitled to absolute immunity from criminal prosecution. See ante, at 6, 8. Second, expanding outward from this “core,” regarding all other “acts within the outer perimeter of [the President’s] official responsibility,” the President is entitled to “at least a presumptive immunity from criminal prosecution.” Ante, at 14 " And the ruling also states presidential communications or motives cannot be used against him/her in 'core' duties' Giving pardons is a core duty, so Trump could, (and probably will) take brides for pardons, if re-elected in November.

He shouldn't be

Good information, thank you

Yes, watching on RU-vid.

Great kick off question. Congratulations on UK labor success. I doubt it will help him. I'm worried about their takeover of agencies FDA, CDC, EPA and more. I smell Project 2025.

How long will it not be done and put an end to these games that you promote in your store, until when is the fraud and cheating by the games. Who protects the rights of players and children. Who protects humans from these fraudulent companies! Where are the rights that you are talking about? Why is a supervisory body put in place for such digital gangs that make millions unjustly?

Everyone needs to watch: July 8th, 2024; The Lincolin Project ; aftermath

It’s weird to put faces to the voices lol

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Being an insurrectionist is not official

If criminals Blair and Brown can get away with it, so can skidmark starmer!

If the President did something questionable it would go to the Supreme Court and have it sanctioned.

4.1 million votes for Reform UK is pretty spectacular !

As a Pastor, you people are making mistakes, because you put your hand above the Holy Scriptures, but you don’t read it. No man is above the law not even angels ( Ezekiel 28:14-19 ). The person you are seeing here is the well known ( satan ) God did not made it evil, he was a high ranked angel a (Cherub) and he transgressed the law he knew cause of his pride . Here you a perfect example “ no one is above the law. Now one thing is breaking the law, and another committing a transgression against the law; a law breaker doesn’t know the law but a person that understand and know the law and break it,it becomes a transgressor of the law ( 1st Timothy 2:14 ) like Donald Trump. So on to when the Supreme Court is going to keep on giving immunity to a man, so he may take a position as a President which he is no longer worthy of exercise it. If the Supreme Court of the United state of America can’t no longer judge that we need New leadership in the Supreme Court of the United state of America. Donald Trump is not a King he’s a Transgresor of The Law.

3 co-equal branches doesn't apply anymore according to the BBC's analysis.

Welcome to socialist state propaganda from BBC

The answer is yes and no. Based on the 3 for and 3 withdrawal 😂

In “bananero” countries they are. Welcome us to the club. 👍🏼

Ask Americans and not us

All hail Biden the eternal leader of the USA.

*Coz Bye- den!

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Yall think you have any right

This is deeply concerning. We are of course way past the point where the US was regarded as leader if the free world - Jan 6 was the final in the coffin in that regard. But this really is next level dismantling of democracy.

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Alister Cooke, in one of his letters from America, made the case that the US constitution gave the President the powers and status of the only King the 18th century colonists knew well, King George, except that the Prez was subject to being deposed by elections or impeachment by Congress. It was an accident of history, Cooke claimed, that the US constitution was written at a time where the British King and British parliament had roughly equal powers. The written US constitution preserved those powers over time in the US. In the UK parliament went on to increase its power and reduce the Monarch's power. So I think Cooke would not be surprised at all that SCOTUS (which wants to remain in the 18th century) ruled that the Prez has similar immunity as the Monarch of the UK still has.

Its called a Dictator.

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Not even King's could behave like ze Drumpf....

DJT CUT HIS TEETH IN COURT!! THIS MAN IS WAY TO SMART WHEN IT COMES TO COURT!! BUT GOOD LUCK 🤣😂🤣😂🤣 TRUMP2024 MAGA

If it's one thing I learned in life, it's that nobody is above the law.

Biden says he is

Long Live King Trump Go home Brits you can't even vote here

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All presidential acts within the law cannot be prosecuted. Immunity does not apply to non-official acts that violate statutory law.

The British parliament are so why not?

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Elephant in the room: Given that some sections of Americans are obsessed about the SCOTUS ruling, describing it as a essentially making the president a king? So, what does that make the realm of England? Doesn't look like they are doing too badly, are they?

DOH

King Biden step up and demand we uphold the Constitution and remove trump the ballot NOW !!😮😮

He will try to overturnit again .😂

The blonde has nice legs. Cheers

Right now, I'd kinda like King Charles to be our president...

We separated from Great Britain that's the only play I know of kings. The Boston Tea Party took care of that. I would like to see a bill go forward to vote on lifetime appointments for Supreme Court Judges, that is too much power with no replication is truly dangerous It's time to back over the United States of America.

So ambassadors and diplomatic staff above the law? That's not new. Don't act like one.

God leftists are dense.

Hlo

P.s shes a bit of a m.i.l.f❤

Why does no one understand we have congress to prosecute the president for official acts lol