TELL CONGRESS: Justices John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, and Samuel Alito gave Trump “absolute immunity” but Congress can overturn the Supreme Court’s dangerous, anti-democratic decision. Sign the petition: Pass the No Kings Act!

Hi,

A New York Times report just dropped detailing how Chief Justice John Roberts worked behind the scenes to secure the extreme right-wing Trump immunity ruling. The Times concludes that Roberts engineered “Trump’s Supreme Court winning streak.”1

The dangerous “absolute immunity” ruling from Roberts, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and the other conservatives on SCOTUS could let Trump off the hook in all of his criminal charges.

Democrats in Congress are fighting back to preserve democracy and free and fair elections with the No Kings Act. This legislation would invalidate the extreme Trump immunity ruling and say clearly that presidents do NOT have immunity for criminal actions.2

Sign the petition: Congress must have an answer to the dangerous anti-democratic Supreme Court rulings. Pass the No Kings Act!

The No Kings Act would make clear that No One is Above the Law, not even current and former presidents of the United States. In a democracy, the people must be able to hold its leaders accountable.

In her dissenting opinion on the absolute immunity ruling, Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote, "In every use of official power, the president is now a king above the law." She added that she feared for our democracy.3

Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said, “The Founders were explicit – no man in America shall be a king. Yet, in their disastrous decision, the Supreme Court threw out centuries of precedent and anointed Trump and subsequent presidents as kings above the law.”4 And that’s exactly why Schumer introduced the No Kings Act — to override this dangerous SCOTUS ruling and protect American democracy.

Sign the petition: Tell Congress to overturn the disastrous right-wing SCOTUS decision to give American presidents absolute immunity by passing Senator Schumer’s No Kings Act.

Thanks for taking action,

Joey and the team at Demand Progress

Sources:

  1. New York Times, “How Roberts Shaped Trump’s Supreme Court Winning Streak,” September 15, 2024.
  2. PBS, “Schumer introduces ‘No Kings Act’ in response to Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling,” August 1, 2024.
  3. Associated Press, “Sotomayor’s dissent: A president should not be a 'king above the law,'” July 1, 2024.
  4. Senate Democrats, “Leader Schumer Led 34 Democratic Senators In Launching “No Kings Act”,” August 1, 2024.

 

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