WTH is Going On With Presidential Immunity? Andy McCarthy Explains

In a spate of end-of-term decisions, the Supreme Court released
its decision on the question of presidential immunity, ruling
that the president has broad protections from criminal
prosecution for “official acts,” a presumption of immunity for
likely official acts, and zero immunity for private acts. Does
this now mean that the U.S. now has a “king” as head of state,
someone above the law, as many have implied? Can the president
really release Seal Team 6 to kill political rivals without
consequence? The answer is simple: No. Rather, the Court
continued the job of rebalancing our Republic in favor of three
branches, with Congress as the clear venue for trying any
president for high crimes and misdemeanors. What does the ruling
mean for Trump’s pending trials? And how is criticism of the
Court eroding it as an American institution?


Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at the National Review
Institute, an NR contributing editor, and the author of Ball of
Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.
Previously, he served as an assistant U.S. attorney for the
Southern District of New York.


Read the transcript here.