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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) plans to draft articles of impeachment after the Supreme Court ruled former President Donald Trump may have some immunity from prosecution related to actions he took in the aftermath of the 2020 election.

“The Supreme Court has become consumed by a corruption crisis beyond its control,” Ocasio-Cortez said in a post to X on Monday. “Today’s ruling represents an assault on American democracy. It is up to Congress to defend our nation from this authoritarian capture.”

“I intend on filing articles of impeachment upon our return,” the New York Democrat said.

Ocasio-Cortez did not specify which justices would be targeted by the impeachment articles. The Washington Examiner reached out for clarification.

The House is in recess until July 8, when lawmakers will return to Capitol Hill. If Ocasio-Cortez files her impeachment articles, they would likely go to the GOP-led House Judiciary Committee for review.

If the congresswoman files the articles as privileged, House GOP leaders have two legislative days to bring it up for a vote — which could either be a vote on the measure itself or, more likely, a motion to table.

Ocasio-Cortez has been vocal in her opposition to several recent Supreme Court rulings, as well as calling on the top court to address ethics concerns surrounding Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas about undisclosed gifts and alleged political symbols and statements. These concerns have largely been panned by Republicans as smear campaigns attacking the legitimacy of the court.

The majority 6-3 decision by Chief Justice John Roberts, released Monday morning, held that a former president is entitled to “absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions within his conclusive and preclusive constitutional authority” and “presumptive immunity” for all official acts. But it held there is no immunity for “unofficial acts.”

Roberts’s majority decision does not absolve Trump of his four-count indictment, led by special counsel Jack Smith. Instead, the case will be sent back to U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan for further inspection as to which acts Trump engaged in were public or private conduct.

House Republicans praised the Supreme Court’s decision on social media, with Rep. Kevin Hern (R-OK) calling the ruling a win not just for Trump “but for the Constitution.”

“Jack Smith’s prosecution against President Trump is purely political,” Hern wrote. “Today’s ruling affirms the constitutional authority of the executive and ensures presidents won’t be targeted for doing their job.”

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Meanwhile, Democrats have decried the decision as the outcome of having “extreme right-wing” Supreme Court justices. Several Democrats cited a dissenting opinion from Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who said that the decision “makes a mockery of the principle, foundational to our Constitution and system of Government, that no man is above the law.” 

“With fear for our democracy, I dissent,” Sotomayor wrote.