Immunity

The Justice Department is, for the first time, taking a former president to court on criminal charges with the theory that his post-presidential actions were for personal benefit instead of relating to his presidential duties. The three…

by William A. Woodruff   “Whether and if so to what extent does a former President enjoy presidential immunity from criminal prosecution for conduct alleged to involve official acts during his tenure in office?” That is the question…

Chief Justice John Roberts pressed an attorney representing the Department of Justice Thursday over a “tautological” argument about presidential immunity during a case centered around former President Donald Trump. The Supreme Court…

by J.D. Davidson   Three state attorneys general want the U.S. Supreme Court to establish a legal test for the limits of presidential immunity. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor, and Wyoming Attorney…

The most pervasive claim from the Left as to why the U.S. Supreme Court should not have taken up the Trump immunity issue is that it is supposedly so straightforward as not to require any further discussion. It is ever so simple, they…

by J.D. Davidson   A proposed constitutional amendment that would limit immunity for public officials was rejected for misstatements, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said. The proposed amendment would repeal constitutional immunities…

The Biden administration has gone to federal court in Austin, Texas, to prevent the Lone Star State from prosecuting border violators for illegal entry and failure to depart.  They have even enlisted a State Department deputy assistant…

by Madeleine Hubbard    Former President Donald Trump can be prosecuted on alleged crimes related to the 2020 election, a federal appeals court said Tuesday in a major blow to the former president’s defense against charges…

Special counsel Jack Smith argued against former President Donald Trump’s claims of presidential immunity in his federal election interference case in a brief filed Saturday with the D.C. Circuit…

by Paul Ingrassia   The media has driven itself into a tizzy in recent days, claiming that despite serving as president of the United States (and being poised to reclaim that office in less than a year’s time), Donald Trump should not…