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Sonia Sotomayor: U.S. Supreme Court turns the president “a king above the law”

The opinion of the Puerto Rican associate judge has resonated strongly in the face of the conservative majority’s decision

July 2, 2024 - 6:11 PM

Updated on July 2, 2024 - 6:13 PM

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In her strong dissenting opinion to the decision of the six conservative justices who formed the majority of the court, Sotomayor argued that her colleagues “invented an out-of-text, unhistorical and unjustifiable immunity that places the president above the law.” (Rogelio V. Solis)

By José A. Delgado

Corresponsal de El Nuevo Día en Washington D. C.jose.delgado@gfrmedia.com

In the era of Donald Trump, the broad immunity that the conservative majority of the U.S. Supreme Court has granted to a U.S. president for his official acts represents a threat to democracy, warned Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor.