{"id":86775,"date":"2024-07-03T12:23:22","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T12:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/03\/u-s-allies-see-a-worrisome-turn-in-presidential-immunity-ruling\/"},"modified":"2024-07-03T12:23:22","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T12:23:22","slug":"u-s-allies-see-a-worrisome-turn-in-presidential-immunity-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/03\/u-s-allies-see-a-worrisome-turn-in-presidential-immunity-ruling\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Allies See a Worrisome Turn in Presidential Immunity Ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Allies of the United States had already been looking at the country\u2019s upcoming election with anxiety. Now, with the United States Supreme Court granting<\/a> an unprecedented expansion<\/a> of executive power by giving presidents legal immunity, analysts in some of those countries are even more concerned about the reliability of American power.<\/p>\n

Across Asia and Europe, where allied leaders have grown accustomed to dealing with threats from authoritarian leaders in Russia, North Korea and China, the idea that they might also have to deal with an unfettered American president is an unsettling prospect.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the U.S. president is free from the restrictions of criminal law, if he has that level of criminal immunity, the other leaders of the allied nations cannot trust the U.S.,\u201d said Keigo Komamura<\/a>, a professor of law at Keio University in Tokyo. \u201cWe cannot maintain a stable national security relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Komamura added that the Supreme Court\u2019s decision now gave the perception of an American president who can operate above the law. \u201cThis may be rude to the U.S., but it is not that different from Xi Jinping in China,\u201d he said. \u201cThe rule of law has become the rule of power.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n