Joe Biden arrived in Washington on Monday after more than a week without setting foot in the city. Shortly after arriving at the White House, he appeared in the Cross Hall for a statement in which he did not admit questions. In it, he harshly criticized the ruling issued this Monday by the Supreme Court, in which it granted broad criminal immunity to Donald Trump, and presidents in general, for their official acts. The ruling, he said, not only prevents Trump’s responsibilities in the past from being clarified, but also sets a “dangerous precedent” for the future.
“This nation was founded on the principle that in America there are no kings. We are all, all equal before the law. No one, no one is above the law. Not even the president of the United States,” Biden said, admitting that this thesis that he supports had been blown to smithereens by the ruling on Monday.
“Today’s decision almost certainly means that there are virtually no limits on what a president can do,” the president warned. “I know I will respect the limits of presidential power as I have for three and a half years, but any president, including Donald Trump, will now be free to break the law.”
“This is a fundamentally new principle, and it is a dangerous precedent, because the power of the office will no longer be limited by law, not even by the Supreme Court of the United States. The only limits will be self-imposed ones set by the president alone,” he warned.
The president referred to the dissenting opinion of the progressive judges, who voted against the ruling and warned of the nightmare scenarios that could arise with the new doctrine if a president decides to take the new doctrine to its limits.
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Biden has also expressed concern that his predecessor’s responsibilities for trying to subvert the 2020 election result have not been clarified and clarified. Donald Trump’s refusal to accept defeat led to the assault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021. “Now the man who sent that mob to the United States Capitol faces potential criminal conviction for what happened that day. The American people deserve to have an answer in the courts before the next election,” Biden said. “Now, because of today’s decision, that is very, very unlikely. It is a terrible disservice to the people of this nation,” he added.
Since there is likely to be no trial or sentencing, Biden is appealing to voters. “The American people must decide whether Donald Trump’s assault on our democracy on January 6th unfits him for the highest office in the land,” he said. “Perhaps most importantly, the American people must decide whether they want to once again entrust the presidency to Donald Trump, now knowing that he will be more emboldened to do whatever he pleases, whatever he wants to do,” he added, before expressing his disagreement with the Supreme Court’s decision: “The president is now a king above the law. So the American people must disagree. I disagree.”
Biden, 81, made his first appearance in the White House since Thursday’s debate in Atlanta, where he lapses, stutters and struggled to finish some sentences, eroding voters’ perception of his ability to handle a second term. Since then, every one of his public appearances has been under scrutiny.
On Friday in Raleigh, North Carolina, he gave a more energetic speech, albeit with a bit of a cough, and was aided by screens for his speech. On Monday at the White House, the cough and voice problems that had hampered him so much in the debate seemed to have been left behind. Even so, he again had the aid of screens to read his statement and did not answer any questions at the end.
Democratic heavyweights have closed ranks with the president and reaffirmed that he is their candidate to beat Donald Trump, 78, in the elections on November 5. Biden is trying to show a contrast between the two candidates on Monday when it comes to respect for the law and the rule of law.
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