What They Said Then.....
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in January 2006:
“There is nothing that is more important for our republic than the rule of law. No person in this country, no matter how high or powerful, is above the law.”
No man is above the law,” Neil Gorsuch told Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) during his confirmation hearing in 2017. Gorsuch even doubled down, calling the court's landmark 1952 decision in Youngstown v. Sawyer, which reigned in presidential authority, a “brilliant opinion.”
Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in September 2018:
“Under the Constitution, the president is not above the law. No one is above the law…The president remains subject to the law.”
Amy Coney Barrett concurred during her hearing, but like Kavanaugh, obfuscated on presidential pardons, according to The New York Times.
“That question may or may not arise, but that is one that calls for legal analysis of what the scope of the pardon power is,” Barrett told the Senate.
Chief Justice John Roberts at his confirmation hearing: “No one is above the law under our system and that includes the president. The president is fully bound by the law.” (Sept. 2005)
“Senator, I believe that no one is above the law under our system, and that includes the president,” he said in his 2005 confirmation hearing. “The president is fully bound by the law, the Constitution and statutes. Now, there often arise issues where there’s a conflict between the Legislature and the Executive over an exercise of Executive authority, asserted Executive authority. The framework for analyzing that is in the Youngstown Sheet and Tube case, the famous case coming out of President Truman’s seizure of the steel mills.”
Alito also praised the Youngstown ruling, adding that during Watergate it was “the responsibility of the judiciary to hold fast,” in forcing President Nixon to abide by subpoenas.
Chief Justice John Roberts concurred, citing Youngstown as binding the president to the law.
Presidential pardons, Youngstown and presidential immunity were not discussed in Clarence Thomas’ confirmation hearing.
Precedent or President? In their immunity ruling on July 1, precedent does not matter anymore.
So my question is: Does this immunity ruling...or lack of immunity ruling, apply to the current sitting President Joe Biden or is it reserved for Trump?
“There is nothing that is more important for our republic than the rule of law. No person in this country, no matter how high or powerful, is above the law.”
No man is above the law,” Neil Gorsuch told Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) during his confirmation hearing in 2017. Gorsuch even doubled down, calling the court's landmark 1952 decision in Youngstown v. Sawyer, which reigned in presidential authority, a “brilliant opinion.”
Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in September 2018:
“Under the Constitution, the president is not above the law. No one is above the law…The president remains subject to the law.”
Amy Coney Barrett concurred during her hearing, but like Kavanaugh, obfuscated on presidential pardons, according to The New York Times.
“That question may or may not arise, but that is one that calls for legal analysis of what the scope of the pardon power is,” Barrett told the Senate.
Chief Justice John Roberts at his confirmation hearing: “No one is above the law under our system and that includes the president. The president is fully bound by the law.” (Sept. 2005)
“Senator, I believe that no one is above the law under our system, and that includes the president,” he said in his 2005 confirmation hearing. “The president is fully bound by the law, the Constitution and statutes. Now, there often arise issues where there’s a conflict between the Legislature and the Executive over an exercise of Executive authority, asserted Executive authority. The framework for analyzing that is in the Youngstown Sheet and Tube case, the famous case coming out of President Truman’s seizure of the steel mills.”
Alito also praised the Youngstown ruling, adding that during Watergate it was “the responsibility of the judiciary to hold fast,” in forcing President Nixon to abide by subpoenas.
Chief Justice John Roberts concurred, citing Youngstown as binding the president to the law.
Presidential pardons, Youngstown and presidential immunity were not discussed in Clarence Thomas’ confirmation hearing.
Precedent or President? In their immunity ruling on July 1, precedent does not matter anymore.
So my question is: Does this immunity ruling...or lack of immunity ruling, apply to the current sitting President Joe Biden or is it reserved for Trump?
