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WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

Democrats Denounce the 'MAGA Supreme Court'

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The Wall Street Journal

News, Society & Culture

4.22.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

The political rhetoric against the Supreme Court reached new highs this week, after the Justices ruled that the presidency has immunity for official actions. But look at the statistics: 45.8% of cases in the 2023-24 term were unanimous, including some big cases, and only half of the High Court's 6-3 decisions this year were split along ideological lines. Yet voters won't hear those figures from Joe Biden, as he runs against Donald Trump, and the Supreme Court, in November's election. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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tech news briefing feed from the Wall Street Journal.

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From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal,

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this is Potomac Watch.

0:24.5

The Democratic campaign against the Supreme Court goes to Def Con 1 after the Justice's ruling

0:30.0

this week that all Presidents have immunity for official actions. But what's the

0:34.8

reality of the high court's work and how stable is this conservative majority?

0:39.5

Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal.

0:42.9

We are joined today by my colleagues,

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columnist Kim Strassal, and editorial board member

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Manay Uque Barua.

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Progressives have been criticizing the Supreme Court

0:52.2

and the conservative justices and suggesting that

0:54.6

perhaps President Biden should add seats to the Supreme Court.

0:58.2

But it seems that in the wake of the Supreme Court's ruling on Monday on presidential immunity. This has reached a new

1:04.7

fever pitch. Let's start with a clip of President Biden responding to the ruling.

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This nation was founded on the principle that there are no kings in America.

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Each of us is equal before the law.

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No one is above the law, not even the President of the United States.

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But today's Supreme Court decision on presidential immunity

1:27.0

that fundamentally changed.

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