They can change the law with a constitutional amendment but the Trump ruling is grandfathered as the highest court has ruled before such an amendment was drafted and passed. It would affect Biden and those who come after him...not Trump.
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Agreed. And, I am not sure that the executive branch can just force through a constitutional amendment on the Judicial branch like that. You kinda need the Senate and Congress to agree to it. (Is it 3/4 of them?). A ND I think that nine is fine, one does not need some cockameemee scheme of trying to match it to the proportions that existed before (i.e. 200+ judges - can you imagine?), and thereby getting the right to pack the court.
The Supreme court already says that the immunity extends to just about everything a President does - except for obvio criminal stuff. But then no-one has taken previous presidents to task over war-crimes - so I don't know how 'no-one is above the law' works. We haven't even started on Biden's money-making enterprises.