Social Media Reacts To Supreme Court's Trump Immunity Ruling

I just want to take a step back and say that I think the Supreme Court just fundamentally altered the structure and nature of democracy in America. It awards the president the measure of power and immunity that is much, much closer to a king or emperor than an elected official. https://t.co/HB0Tvb9qvS

— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) July 1, 2024

Fun Fact: 45 of 46 American presidents never needed “Strong Immunity.” pic.twitter.com/FLPoH3PsIo

— Tea Pain (@TeaPainUSA) June 30, 2024

The entire scope of American history has been to escape from the rule of monarchs with divine immunity—and now this Supreme Court turns back 250 years of history.

— Richard Stengel (@stengel) July 1, 2024

SCOTUS rules Trump HAS immunity for official acts, but DOES NOT for unofficial acts.

So now Biden can call in SEAL Team 6? pic.twitter.com/p2ojRvi1C2

— Angry Staffer 🌻 (@Angry_Staffer) July 1, 2024

So does the latest Supreme Court ruling mean that Nixon would have been free to do what he did if he were to argue that Watergate was an official act?

— 🍉 Black 🇭🇹 Aziz 🇳🇬 aNANsi 🍉 (@Freeyourmindkid) July 1, 2024

look absolute immunity is totally fine from an originalist perspective! the founders lived under a king for YEARS

— Alexandra Petri (@petridishes) July 1, 2024

The SCOTUS conservative majority put a stake through the heart of "textualism" and "originalism." Nowhere in the Constitution does the text include immunity for POTUS. And no credible argument can be made that the Founders intended the POTUS to have such unfettered power. https://t.co/54qx72bgoX

— Urban Bigfoot (@SKiP_2_mylou2) July 1, 2024

Today's SCOTUS ruling tears down one of the first principles of American democracy: that no man is above the law. To say the president has immunity from prosecution for any acts committed in their official capacity while in office is a wide open invitation to dictatorship. And in… https://t.co/F5eWktQXGa

— Marianne Williamson (@marwilliamson) July 1, 2024

The Supreme Court just gave Biden unequivocal immunity to order the military to take action against Trump.

Today. Right now.

— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) July 1, 2024

If the Supreme Court gives presidents immunity Joe Biden should sign an Executive Order banning felons from becoming president.

[seal team six has left the chat]

— 𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖_𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 (@SundaeDivine) July 1, 2024

President Biden: fire the Court and appoint one that doesn’t work for Trump. Or rescind their immunity ruling. You’re now above the law.

— Steve Donoghue (@SteveDonoghue18) July 1, 2024

It’s OFFICIAL: The Supreme Court has just disgraced itself by ruling that Presidents do have SOME immunity from prosecution for committing what they deem official acts.

President Biden’s FIRST act under this new reality should be to postpone the election indefinitely until we…

— BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ (@mmpadellan) July 1, 2024

if President Biden declared today's Supreme Court ruling to be an assault on democracy and ordered Chief Justice John Roberts imprisoned indefinitely, would that be an "official act?"

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 1, 2024