 The court's three liberals seemed stunned and outraged. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, in an impassioned dissent, declaring, today's decision reshapes the institution of the presidency, puts the president above the law. And she painted a grim vision of what it could mean. When he uses his official powers in any way under the majority's reasoning, he now will be insulated from criminal prosecution, orders the Navy's SEAL Team Six to assassinate a political rival, immune.