![President Biden gives remarks on the Supreme Court decision on presidential immunity at the White House on July 1.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5616x3744+0+0/resize/1100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F49%2F58%2F7123515d496b9a112f53a8a7fb95%2Fgettyimages-2159650477.jpg)
President Biden offers remarks on the Supreme Court docket determination on presidential immunity on the White Home on July 1.
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President Biden known as the Supreme Court docket’s determination to grant his predecessor, Republican Donald Trump, broad immunity from prosecution “a harmful precedent” that “undermines the rule of legislation.”
“Immediately’s determination virtually definitely signifies that there are just about no limits on what the president can do,” Biden stated. “The facility of the workplace will now not be constrained by the legislation, even together with the Supreme Court docket of the US. The one limits can be self-imposed by the president alone.”
![The U.S. Supreme Court has found that former President Donald Trump is partially immune from prosecution.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/683x683+171+0/resize/100/quality/100/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe0%2F56%2Fa3a09f58418d83b6f825d308f0a5%2Fgettyimages-578546876-1.jpg)
Biden’s remarks from the White Home got here hours after the court docket’s 6-3 determination alongside ideological strains {that a} former president has completely immunity for his core constitutional powers– and is entitled to a presumption of immunity for his official acts, however lack immunity for unofficial acts. The court docket despatched the case again to the trial decide to find out which, if any of Trump actions, have been a part of his official duties and thus have been protected against prosecution.
Biden stated the court docket’s determination places “just about no limits on what a president can do,” and all however ensures Trump will not be tried for his function within the effort to undermine the switch of energy.
“Now the American folks should do what the court docket ought to have been keen to do, however won’t…render a judgment about Donald Trump’s conduct,” Biden stated.
![President Biden speaks on the phone while walking to board Air Force One after a fundraiser in New Jersey on Saturday, June 29, 2024.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5419x5419+2070+0/resize/100/quality/100/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fcc%2Fbd%2Fc0e7e7dd42929593a996f0357795%2Fgettyimages-2159375296.jpg)
Biden, who’s beneath strain from his fellow Democrats to withdraw from his race after his efficiency in final week’s presidential debate, took no questions. He spoke clearly and calmly in the course of the assertion.
However since that debate, he is held a number of occasions within the hope to assuage his supporters that he’s as much as the job. Final Friday, a day after the talk, Biden held a rally in Raleigh, N.C., the place he tried to influence supporters that he may nonetheless do the job. And, extra crucially, he spent the weekend doing harm management, telling donors and others that he understood their concern.
“I didn’t have an ideal evening,” he advised supporters gathered on the dwelling of New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Saturday evening. “However I’m going to be preventing more durable and going to wish you with me to get it completed.”