Legal scholar shuts down 'dangerous' rhetoric on Supreme Court immunity ruling: 'Rage quickly overtook reason'

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Constitutional law expert Jonathan Turley called out President Biden, Democrats and the media on "The Brian Kilmeade Show," Tuesday, for "misleading the public" on Monday's Supreme Court decision deeming ex-presidents have substantial protection from prosecution.

TRUMP IMMUNITY CASE: SUPREME COURT RULES EX-PRESIDENTS HAVE SUBSTANTIAL PROTECTION FROM PROSECUTION

JONATHAN TURLEY: What you saw last night was the addiction of rage. You know, that people won't admit it, but they like it. And so the outpouring of it, how rage quickly overtook reason, is always sort of unsettling to watch. You know, the argument that this is we're going to have death squads and people are just going to be whacked left and right. And what really sort of brought it home was the president's address from the White House. What the president said last night was not true, and he was misleading the public about that opinion. It was not just unfair to the Supreme Court, it was unfair to the public that they were told something that simply is not true.

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The amazing thing is that, you know, we have the most successful Constitution, the longest-serving Constitution in the world that's here. It's still here for a reason. We have survived periods that would reduce most countries into a fine pumice. And the reason is that we have a system designed to survive. And what these people ignore is