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...
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