Did SCOTUS Give the President Immunity for Any Crime? | John Malcolm

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🗓️ 3 July 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Earlier this week, the Supreme Court ended its 2024 term by handing down landmark decisions in a number of key cases, including the all-important Trump v. United States. Left-wing pundits, members of Congress, and even President Biden were quick to make wild claims about the Court's ruling on presidential immunity, with some asserting the president is now free to arrest, deport, or even murder his political enemies. Could any of this be true? Is the president now empowered to use the military to commit heinous crimes?

That’s what the Left wants you to believe—because they want you to see the Supreme Court as illegitimate following a string of decisions that restore constitutional order and put power back in the hands of the people. So, what did the Court decide—and how will it affect you?

Vice President of the Heritage Institute for Constitutional Government John Malcolm sat down with guest host Cody Sargent, director of communications at Heritage Action, to restore some sanity to the conversation and break down the summer's biggest SCOTUS decisions.

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0:00.0	Three, two, one, zero, all engine run.
0:06.9	There is no other institution that has the ability uniquely.
0:11.6	Without a heritage, every generation starts over.
0:14.7	To remind the current regime.
0:18.9	We the people tell the governor what it is allowed to do.
0:22.8	All, all, actually.
0:25.4	We need to get back in their box and stay there.
0:28.3	Lift-off.
0:29.2	We have a look-down.
0:32.1	From the Heritage Foundation, this is Heritage Explains.
0:46.0	The Foundation, this is Heritage Explains. On Monday night night, President Joe Biden delivered a last-minute prime time address from
0:51.0	the White House.
0:52.1	He was compelled to speak after the Supreme Court handed
0:54.8	down a long-awaited decision in the case of Trump v. the United States. President Biden stood
1:00.7	in front of the American people and said, after the court's ruling, quote, there are virtually
1:06.2	no limits on what the president can do. He continued by saying the office of the president will again,
1:12.9	quote, no longer be constrained by the law. President Biden's four-minute-long speech was read off a
1:19.7	teleprompter. After he delivered the apocalyptic statement to the American people, he turned and
1:25.0	walked off, taking no questions.
1:32.6	The drama from the White House capped off hours of similar warnings from Democratic elected officials and left-wing pundits.
1:35.2	Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal said that his stomach turns with fear and anger
1:39.6	that our democracy can be so endangered by an out-of-control court.
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