Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, in dissent from the Supreme Court's presidential immunity ruling, argued that the decision “opens up dangerous new territory.”
“So how would this new model of presidential accountability work? The first problem is that it's not clear what this new model means,” she wrote.
Jackson added that the ruling “unilaterally altered the balance of power among the three branches of our government regarding the rule of law, strengthening the power of the judicial and executive branches to the detriment of Congress.”
Justices Jackson and Sonia Sotomayor both wrote dissenting opinions, with Justice Elena Kagan joining Sotomayor's dissenting opinion.
The 6-3 opinion was written by Chief Justice John Roberts.
In her dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor disagreed with the conservative judges' ruling on former President Donald Trump's immunity lawsuit.
In her dissent, Justice Sotomayor argued that the decision “makes a mockery of the fundamental principle underlying our Constitution and political system: that no person is above the law.”
She argued that conservative judges had invented “untextual, ahistorical and unjustifiable immunity that places the president above the law.”
“This decision makes no sense because it prohibits the government from proving knowledge or intent to use the president's official acts to prosecute private citizens for crimes. Argument after argument, the majority continues to forcibly manufacture immunity,” she added.
Sotomayor also said the ruling opened the door to the president having “immunity from criminal prosecution” no matter how he exercises his official power.
“Order Navy SEAL Unit 6 to assassinate a political opponent? With impunity. Plot a military coup to stay in power? With impunity. Accept a bribe in exchange for amnesty? With impunity. With impunity, with impunity, with impunity,” Sotomayor wrote.
Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson joined Justice Sotomayor's dissent.
The 6-3 opinion was written by Chief Justice John Roberts.
Special Counsel Jack Smith's office declined to comment on the Supreme Court's decision, a spokesman told ABC News.
The court's decision will affect whether former President Donald Trump faces a federal trial this year on four felony charges, including conspiring to defraud the United States and obstructing an official process, that Smith tried to overturn the results of the 2020 election that he lost to President Joe Biden.
-Alexander Marin for ABC News
Former President Donald Trump released a statement on the Supreme Court's decision to grant presidential immunity in a post on his social media platforms.
“A huge victory for our Constitution and Democracy. Proud to be an American!” Trump wrote on Monday morning.
