The Supreme Court's decision to review the immunity case actually undermines core democratic values...means that it will have needlessly delayed legal accountability for no justifiable reason.
Even if the Supreme Court eventually does affirm that no person, not even a president, is above the law and immune from criminal liability, its actions will not amount to a victory for the rule of law.
The court's delay may have stripped citizens of the criminal justice system's most effective mechanism for determining disputed facts: a trial before a judge and a jury.
Looking at the experience of other countries is instructive... In France, the former president Jacques Chirac was successfully prosecuted for illegal diversion of public funds.
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