True or False: Justice Sotomayor wrote in dissent that the Court's immunity ruling makes presidents "kings" who are above the law.

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Sotomayor opened her dissent: "The President of the United States is the most powerful person in the country, and possibly the world. When he uses his official powers in any way, under the majority's reasoning, he now will be insulated from criminal prosecution. Orders the Navy's Seal Team 6 to assassinate a political rival? Immune... The relationship between the President and the people he serves has shifted irrevocably. In every use of official power, the President is now a king above the law." She read this aloud from the bench for 25 minutes—a rare show of opposition.

True or False: Justice Sotomayor wrote in dissent that the Court's immunity ruling makes presidents "kings" who are above the law.

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