 What the Supreme Court did was lawless. There is nothing in the Constitution. The word immunity does not appear in the Constitution. James Madison's notes on the Constitutional Convention, there were repeated references to the president not being above the law and just being another man and all these kind of things. They did not want the president to have king-like powers. There was a huge debate. It lasted almost two days around whether he should have pardon power and how extensive that pardon power should be.