 dealing a blow to the special counsel's 2020 election interference case. Chief Justice John Roberts writing for the majority, quote, the president is not above the law, but under our system of separated powers, the president may not be prosecuted for exercising his core constitutional powers. In a scathing dissent, Justice Sotomayor wrote that the ruling effectively creates a law-free zone around the presidency, writing, in every use of official power, the president is now a king above the law.