The Supreme Court Turns the President Into a King – The conservative justices have ignored history altogether and created a shocking new precedent: The president is above the law.
As an American citizen, I am deeply troubled by the recent decision made by the Supreme Court. The very foundation of our nation, the idea that Presidents are not Kings, has been upended. The conservative justices, claiming to be originalists, have chosen to ignore history altogether, thereby creating a shocking new precedent: the president is above the law. This ruling is a dangerous step towards turning the President into a monarch, erasing the principles on which the United States was founded.
The concept of a President being above the law is antithetical to the core values of democracy. George Washington himself rejected any idea of being a king, firmly establishing the notion that the United States would never bow to such authoritarian rule.… Continue reading
John Q. Hosedrinker