Internet weighs in as Donald Trump presses SCOTUS to rule for him on presidential immunity

PALM BEACH, FLORIDA: Former President Donald Trump once again urged the US Supreme Court to rule in his favor in the presidential immunity argument, followed by the court's unanimous decision to restore him in the Colorado ballot, reported The Hill.

Expressing his gratitude to the conservative SCOTUS on the landmark ruling allowing him to run in the state ballot, Trump shifted the focus to the more pressing case to protect himself from criminal prosecution in his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.

"I have great respect for the Supreme Court, and I want to just thank them for working so quickly and so diligently and so brilliantly and, again, this is a unifying factor," the GOP frontrunner remarked from his Mar-a-Lago estate.

On Monday, March 4, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Colorado cannot bar Trump from the ballot under the Constitution's 14th Amendment insurrection ban, giving him a resounding victory a day before the Super Tuesday primaries.

Donald Trump focuses on presidential immunity

Trump's remarks following the Supreme Court ruling were less about his restoration on state ballots and more on presidential immunity.

Arguing whoever holds the office would not have "the courage" to make difficult decisions, the former President said, "If a president doesn't have full immunity, you really don't have a president."

"They have to make decisions, and they have to make them free of all terror that can be reigned upon them when they leave office," he added.

In late February, the apex court agreed to hear the arguments on absolute presidential immunity in the week of April 22 after two lower courts refused to grant him immunity.

Trump is confronted with four criminal charges related to his efforts to overturn the outcome of the 2020 election, encompassing the January 6, 2021, Capitol assault, purported hush money payments, and mishandling of classified materials post-presidency.

"If a President does a good job, a President should be free and clear and, frankly, celebrated for having done a good job," the former President said on Monday, adding, "Not indicted four times and not gone after on a civil basis and not demanded to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in fines."

The Biden campaign criticized Trump's comments, describing them as "disordered ramblings" that "serve as a reminder to the American people of why they chose to remove him from office four years ago."

Trump is expected to have a resounding victory in the March 5 Super Tuesday primaries, where 15 states and the unincorporated territory of American Samoa will choose the presidential nominee.

Closing in on the GOP nomination, his only defeat was in the Washington DC primary to Republican opponent Nikki Haley.

Internet opposes presidential immunity

Weighing in on Trump urging SCOTUS to rule for him on presidential immunity, netizens suggested no President should be granted the same, and he was sending a loud message to the Supreme Court justices.

One user wrote, "Aw, he’s feeling a bit overconfident is he with today’s SCOTUS ruling? (which was the right one). I also hope SCOTUS resolves it sooner than later. I just don’t think Trumpy will like the result."

"Trump’s sending a loud (not so subtle) message to the #SCOTUS Justices.. especially those he feels 'owe him,'" another user remarked.

A user opined, "The man is out of his mind," while another response read, "Doubt that ruling will be unanimous :D."

"I don’t care what party you affiliate yourself with. No President from any party should have absolute immunity. It’s never been a thing and shouldn’t start. You go from a public servant to a king and normal Americans don’t want a king. No one is above the law in the US," someone else stated.

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