Law

The recent Supreme Court ruling regarding presidential immunity while in office begs the question, what about congress. Article 1, Section 6 of the US Constitution protects legislators from lawsuits stemming from their work in Congress and ensures s Article I, Section 6 of the U.S. Constitution protects legislators from lawsuits stemming from their work in Congress. Does this mean they are above the law. One of the concerns is that a person can be charged after leaving office and thus inhibits the activity while in office. One case that comes to mind involves President Obama. Justice Sotomayor made the outlandish suggestion that a president could order Seal Team 6 to kill someone and he would be immune from prosecution but the case involving Obama show this is not that outlandish. Obama ordered the killing of an American citizen without a trial. The Obama administration today argued before a federal court that it should have unreviewable authority to kill Americans the executive branch has unilaterally determined to pose a threat. Is this acting above the law.