Emeritus Prof Christopher May on Nostr: You'll recall either from the original Frost interview (or from its dramatisation in ...
You'll recall either from the original Frost interview (or from its dramatisation in Frost/Nixon) that Richard Nixon, declared: 'Well, when the president does it, that means that it is not illegal'.... effectively placing the President above the law.
Well, finally the US Supreme Court seems to have caught up with President Nixon.
The declaration that for official acts the President is immune from prosecution, not only looks like a major dilution of the rule of law, its just dangerous!
#law
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