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Despite the alarm, it's nothing new though. International diplomats cite immunity to prosecution to get out of paying for speeding tickets on a daily basis.
This may not be new for other countries, but this is absolutely new to the US and a huge alarm.
International diplomats don't often get immunity for treason.
No, but a president is higher in status than a diplomat, who in the US don't have to face minor consequences either. I'm not saying this to support presidents being immune to the law (in fact, you could say it goes against campaign promises to claim you'll be a civil governor and then be authoritarian), I'm just saying this has been on the drawing board for a while and was far from something that was just recently whipped out. Even state governors (and mayors as well) have gotten away with some awful things by swerving the powers that be, the governor of New York a few years ago systemically killed the elderly during covid and the main concern was not that but his affairs like was the case with Bill Clinton.