King Charles cites Magna Carta in address to Congress
During his address to a joint session of the US Congress in Washington, King Charles III invoked the Magna Carta, saying it has been cited in at least 160 Supreme Court cases since 1789 and that it establishes the principle that executive power is subject to checks and balances. Members of both chambers of Congress gave him a standing ovation after that passage. The reference tied a centuries-old English charter to contemporary US legal debates over limits on presidential power, underscoring shared legal heritage and the importance of constitutional checks.
King Charles: "The U.S. Supreme Court Historical Society has calculated that Magna Carta is cited in at least 160 Supreme Court cases since 1789, not least as the foundation of the principle that executive power is subject to checks and balances."
Carl Darwin100Ask someone from Boston to say Magna Carta. Worth your time
paghetti.bsky.social94If you want a non-generic reason why this is important, Magna Carta is the basis of habeas corpus which ICE continues to violate. Also probable cause. Also no person can be deprived of property without due process.
AtlantaMann88The President would not understand what the King is saying and Mike Johnson would say he's never heard of that.
Dr_Moreau189681Trump is so star struck by being in the presence of an actual king that he won’t even realize that this is a rejection of his persona.
Karmageddon35Former Justice Breyer was in the front row, in his robes, grinning from ear to ear during that part of the speech.
VirusSucks.com31The Magna Carta, also known as the Great Charter, is a foundational document in English history that was signed by King John on June 15, 1215. It established the principle that everyone, including the king, is subject to the law, laying the groundwork for modern democracy and individual rights.
GingerSpice💙27In other words, No Kings
🇺🇸𝕀𝕟𝕕𝕪 ℝ𝕖𝕗𝕦𝕘𝕖𝕖🇺🇸𝖨𝗋𝖺𝗇 𝖡𝖾𝖺𝗍 𝖳𝗋𝗎𝗆𝗉27Yes, but this current make up of the Supreme Court is heavy with religious fundamentalist who have no honor binding them to the Constitution.
Regina Schrambling 26I can’t even with all the kingsplaining to supine Congress.
Deirdre6320Charles throwing shade, not on my bingo card
GrisGris20I hope someone explains to tRump what King Charles actually said to him.
Ricki ca18Trump is likely asking others who this woman named Magna Carta is and if she is beautiful.
Kimi🍀☮🤘💖🐈⬛🐈864716And they ALL stood up and cheered. Irony is lost in this country.
benhosp.bsky.social15lol Charles said No Kings
Cheesecake13Is it my imagination of has our Charlieboy spent the day calling Trump on his shit?
Bill13When the king of the country that you had to fight for your freedom has to tell you about checks and balances. Unbelievable.
Chris p12You go King Charles. Wow!
Pete Kotz11Who knew King Charles could throw a brushback pitch?
Gazpacho Labs11Dammit, Charles is gonna temper my loathing of the British crown, isn't he?
Jack Robert Miller10When a literal KING tells you to tone it down ...
Sadie G10Now I see why King Charles didn't listen to the people advising him not to come here. He needed to publicly admonish trump and SCOTUS. Good for him!
King Charles visit to US backfires on Trump.
gettingouttadodge.bsky.social10What I just read: British monarch has more respect for the laws of the United States than the president and Congress of the United States. *side note: who knew KC could throw shade like that?
Lilly of Copper Island10Is it still an insult if the target is too stupid to get it?
thenextphase.bsky.social7Just a gentle reminder to Congress to DO YOUR JOB!
The Opinionated Retiree and Nasty Part Owner of Canada 🇨🇦6I'm surprised that Trump didn't have an angry response to what King Charles said.
Laurie R6Sacred text…….the Magna Carta, we were sooo thrilled to see the hand written copy of it in the National Archives! One of four in the world!!
A King reminding America - classic.
Garrett Bliss 🇺🇦6Diff between a real King and this orange turd.
Flamenco y Vino6Waiting for the low IQ post ….
Kate McClanaghan5Tell him, Chuck! Make him gag on it! (I wasn't thrilled with Chuck & Cam insisting on coming. I'm eating crow. And this is in part why. Chuck is a hardcore Conservationist as well! Hope he imposes restoring & leaving our natural resources ALONE!
kundinyasana.bsky.social5Is he roasting SCOTUS and Donny, I think so, Translation “what on earth are you lot carrying on with over here”.
Col Smith5Even Kings know their limits. Want-to-be dictators like Trump don't believe they have any limits.
sarcasmrules.bsky.social5Went RIGHT over Trump's head.
craiger5Magna Carta >> Ten Commandments
Rafiki4Even other old yt men are tired of other yt men Lol. Hopeful
⚜️ Studio Mythras ⚜️4Getting democracy-shamed by the monarch of the country we fought against for our liberation. I can't lie; it hurts.
Penny Justice💙4And yet the Republicans stood up and clapped.
Pere Jes4I may have misjudged Chuck. He's let loose with several digs at trump.
Sydney °••●☆°••☆4i think our founding fathers would have liked the kings speech.
I play percussion4MAGA /trump won’t understand most of this quote.
Keesling Sky4Oh shit, the King is out here attacking Trump to his face!
Gotaklew3Too bad our "King" doesn't have a clue what he is talking about, and he'd blame it on the accent.
Rick does Math and Stuff3I've been bringing up the Magna Carta for quite some time now, since Trump apparently wants toll back our legal system to a pre-Magna Carta time. It's pleasantly surprising to see Charles III is on board with this criticism.
Joanne3That seems like a strong rebuke in colloquial British upper class
connie3ooh was that a burn?🔥
Democratic Free Press2Trump 2 kings Dictators arent kings
Thomas Bsketty2That's a misleading statistic, at least five of those citations are to the Jay-Z album.
mungonna8.bsky.social2Russ Vought was seething...Stevie Miller grabbed Katies boobies! MAGNA CARTA has Nuthin to do With Proj2025!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!🙃
starrling2Someone should ask Felon to explain what King Charles III just said. If you can wake him up, of course.
Tom Burnett2Hahahahahaha!!!!!!! Right in 🍊💩🤡’s face! Good one, Charles.
I would pay big bucks to see a White House reporter ask Donald Trump, "Mr. President, sir, what do you think of the Magna Carta?"
George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸1089"People come up to me all the time—big strong men, with giant quill pens and tears pouring down their cheeks—and say 'Sir, the Magna Carta is truly a great Carta, but no one makes Cartas like you, tremendous Cartas like no one has ever seen. How do you keep the Sharpie from smudging the parchment?'"
Helen Kennedy95The most beautiful strong Carta. I’ve known it for years.
Mr. Snoofers29She was a great singer, she used to sing at Mar a Lago. She was one of the good ones.
KMark196915Trump: "Never heard of Maggie Carter"
Angrywhitebitch12He doesn’t want to talk about that, it’s very personal for him.
🪀Lefty Wilbury🇺🇦12Then ask him to share his fav Bible verse!
Aibo - Zonny9Nixon:🇺🇸 1973"... I'm not a crook." Trump:🇺🇸 2026...."I'm not a pedophile.
ART7"He was a good guy, very loyal."
Lache Pas La Patate7"It's a great organization. They supported me bigly. You know I won the 2020 election. They know that election was stolen from me. It's a great group of patriots. They believe in America First."
Velvet Vixen ♡7I'd love to hear his answer! 😂 Probably something about it being a "tremendous" document.
good george6Or simply ask him about “asylum.” He still doesn’t know the difference between seeking and mental asylum. He’s a buffoon. He’s also a con man, sexual abuser, 34x convicted felon & traitor
AnarchoTerran5It was big. It was a very impressive Carta. I could have made it better. I make the best Cartas.
[email protected]5I wish just one reporter would ask that, he would absolutely lose it, because he has no idea what it s
Steve310 bucks says he asks the reporter did you say Magnum condom?
Damon Bernstein3There'd be bigger bucks, if just once, a reporter said, "sir, what you just said is a lie; the public needs to hear the truth. Try telling it."
Melinda here 4 the defeat of evil 🛑 this shit 💙🤬3He would say it’s a great champagne we have it every year at my huuuge New Year’s party. We will have it in my huuuge new ballroom on New Years.
Jim Brown3“It’s a really GREAT Carta…one Of the best, but you know blah blah blah *more incoherent babble* blah blah JOE BIDEN blah blah Barrack HUSSEIN OBAMA”
Lady with an opinion3He probably thinks it’s a type of condom
Trevor Foster2He has a Magna Carta guy who does his Cartas, like no other.
TensegrityFan🍋🐝🍯2‘He was a terrible President. Awful President. Terrible guy really. Didn’t care about the American people. Sleepy Carter, I like to call him. Always sleeping. Didn’t want to talk to the Russians. Like I do. All the time. I listen to what they want. He really was our worst President. After BIIIDEN!’
⛧🌹Dylan X Darke🌹⛧2We have dozens of bottles of Magna Carta at Maralardo, the biggest, most expensive bottles!
Fight like Michael Collins2His reply would be, “I don’t know anything about that. I don’t go to strip clubs. What was her name again?”
MerelyMollie🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱2He'd probably say, "Magna who?"
aka Uncle Cracker2“… he is great fighter, some say he looks like a young Trump, handsome …”
Perhaps one of the most striking moments in the king's speech came when he reminded lawmakers that the Magna Carta, cited repeatedly by the U.S. Supreme Court over the years, advanced the foundational principle that "executive power is subject to checks and balances."
Dingus Ex Machina8Historians will marvel that, on the 250th anniversary of America’s Declaration of Independence, the King of England gave a speech in Congress more supportive of the rule of law and constitutional constraints on executive power than the actions of the current President and Congressional leadership
David Seibert5He remind them of their legal responsibility, which they don't want to hear.
Mike H5Tired: presidential immunity Wired: a King saying “Careful folks”
Caroline 🇨🇦4Nobody in that administration has ever heard of the Magna Carta, much less read it.
Dave’s Not Here Man.4Was a very good speech, I miss that in America.
jsewtz.bsky.social2Bracton 101. No one is above the law
Wendy2Well, JD is gonna admonish Charles (like he did with Pope Leo) with some vapid line about “when Charles is speaking, he should stay in his lane regarding monarchs and the people“.
anyvontrappe.bsky.social2Judging by the official White House post showing Charles and Trump together with the caption "two kings" it seems like the message was missed.
As did the very pointed reference to Magna Carta and the principle of executive power being subject to checks and balances.
Fionna O’Leary44I just wished he’d said what a fine chap Pope Leo is and a foundation of wisdom, goodness and sound advice! Trump & co would internally combust.
David Higham8And yet the very people applauding have the power to restrain Trump but chose not to use it. The sight of Vance and Johnson applauding the comments on understanding between faiths made me feel quite nauseous.
