President Biden This week he claimed that the Supreme Court’s decision granting presidential immunity “undermines the rule of law in this country,” while just a month earlier he said the justice system and its decisions “must be respected” and took pride in the fact that the high court “cannot stop” him from carrying out his agenda.
“Today’s decision continues the Court’s assault in recent years on a broad range of long-established legal principles in our country, from eroding the right to vote and civil liberties to taking away a woman’s right to choose, and, with today’s decision, undermining the rule of law in this country,” Biden said in his brief address to the House. white House on Monday.
Biden’s comments on the decision come less than a week after his disastrous debate with former President Barack Obama. President TrumpHe stressed that the court’s decision would boost the former president if he wins back the White House in this year’s elections.
“The American people must decide whether it is acceptable for Trump to resort to violence to preserve power. Perhaps most importantly, the American people must decide whether they want to once again entrust the presidency to Donald Trump, knowing that he will be even more emboldened to do whatever he wants, whenever he wants,” Biden said.
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President Biden said Monday’s Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity “undermines this country’s rule of law.” (Getty Images)
The president’s remarks differed from those he made in May, when he said the justice system “must be respected” and that it was “reckless” for Trump to claim that his criminal trial in New York City was “rigged.”
Biden said in response to Trump’s comments about the NY v. Trump verdict, “It’s reckless, it’s dangerous, it’s irresponsible for anybody to say it was rigged, just because they don’t like the verdict.” Former president found guilty He has been charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records, all related to the payment of hush money to adult film actress Stormy Daniels before the 2016 presidential election.
“Our justice system has been around for 250 years, and it’s literally the cornerstone of America. Our justice system, that justice, must be respected. And we must never allow anybody to destroy it. It’s as simple as that,” Biden said at the time.
Biden’s comments on Trump’s decision in May came just two days after he claimed to his supporters at a rally in Philadelphia that Supreme Court’s decision His student debt relief plan was unconstitutional, but that didn’t “stop” him from canceling student loans.
“The Supreme Court stopped me from forgiving student loans, but they didn’t stop me,” Biden said in a speech at Girard College in May.
The President also shared the same message. Post to X On 29th May.
In the Trump v United States case, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the former president has enough assets to Immunity from prosecution For official acts done while in office, but not for unofficial acts.
one of 6-3 decisionThe court sent the case back to a lower court after the justices did not apply a ruling on whether former President Trump is immune from prosecution in connection with actions related to efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
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President Biden said in May that the justice system “must be respected” and that it was “reckless” for former President Donald Trump to claim that the verdict in his New York trial was “rigged.” (Getty Images)
“This is a fundamentally new doctrine, and it’s a dangerous precedent, because the power of the office will no longer be constrained by law, not even by the Supreme Court of the United States. The only limits will be imposed by the president himself,” Biden said Monday.
Before wrapping up his speech and taking questions from reporters, Biden spoke about the character of the nation’s first president, George Washington, and how he believed power was limited, not absolute.
Biden, like many other Democrat and Republican presidents in history, has taken aim at Supreme Court He has taken many decisions during his tenure in the White House.
During his State of the Union address in March, Biden took direct aim at the judges, insisting they had underestimated the “electoral and political power” of women in their decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. During an interview with MSNBC about his comments directed at the judges, Biden said“Look, I think he made the wrong decision, I think he misread the Constitution, I think he made a mistake.”
Biden made a similar comment Speaking at the Julian Dixon Library in Culver City, California, in February, he explained how the high court’s ruling did not stop him from canceling student loans.
“At the beginning of my term, I announced a huge plan to provide debt relief to millions of working families for their college student loans,” Biden said at the time. “The debt was literally about to be wiped out for millions of people in debt. But my MAGA Republican friends in Congress, elected officials and special interests stepped in and sued us. And the Supreme Court stopped it. But that didn’t stop me.”
last June, Supreme Court The 6-3 decision ruled that federal law does not allow Biden’s education secretary to cancel more than $430 billion in student loan debt. Biden promised at the time that his administration would continue to press for a student loan relief plan.
Immediately after the court’s decision, Biden said, “I think the court misinterpreted the Constitution.”
President Biden arrives for a news conference at the White House on July 1, 2024 in Washington, DC (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
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Earlier this year, Biden announced a plan to save money on valuable education one who forgives debts For enrolled borrowers who have been making repayments for at least 10 years and have $12,000 or less in student loan debt. Those with more debt will receive relief after an additional year of payments for every additional $1,000 borrowed.
In a statement to Fox News Digital last month, Biden campaign spokesman James Singer said, “Expressing disagreement with the Supreme Court’s decision — as all presidents do — is not the same as attacking the rule of law and undermining our judicial system.”
Fox News’s Stephanie Price and Lindsay Kornick contributed to this report.
