Dean Richard Phillips

Ambler

Since 1215, the Magna Carta has stood for the principle that even Kings are not above the law. Now, eight centuries later, the Supreme Court has fundamentally shattered one of the foundational principles of our democratic republic by holding that the President of the United States is actually above the law.

No amount of legal sleight of hand, partisan propaganda, sophistry or twisted logic can rationalize a decision that creates the real possibility that the next President will, with impunity, impose a dictatorship with the Supreme Court as its Pretorian Guard.

Is it guaranteed that this will happen? No, but the ruling creates a clear and present danger, especially when one considers statements made by candidate Trump, or the plans laid out in Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s policy bible for the next Republican administration.

Trump has told us who he is and what he intends to do. The Supreme Court has given him the green light to do as he pleases. It’s up to us to use the power of the ballot box to make sure he’s stopped.

I have children. I hope someday to have grandchildren. I pray that they will live in a democracy, but genuinely fear the possibility that they will not.