The case argued before the Supreme Court has profound implications for Donald Trump − but also for the country.
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In a case that will make legal and political history, the US Supreme Court will consider whether Donald Trump is immune from criminal prosecution for his alleged effort to undermine the 2020 election.
Donald Trump has claimed he is immune from prosecution for actions he took as part of his job as president. An appeals court unanimously disagreed, allowing the many prosecutions of Trump to proceed.
The Constitution makes clear that a president who was impeached and convicted can still be prosecuted − but what about one who is acquitted in two impeachment trials?
Department of Justice prosecutors could have composed a technocratic document intelligible only to other criminal law insiders when indicting Donald Trump in the documents case. They did much more.
US law actually bars former President Donald Trump from holding office ever again. The recent Georgia indictment of Trump helps make the case.
Donald Trump faces ‘double the trouble’ as Georgia charges were added to federal charges brought over his alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. And that’s thanks to federalism.
Donald Trump’s legal woes will nourish and strengthen his rhetorical style, and his followers will continue to be persuaded by how he makes them feel, not by reason, facts or critical thought.
Immunity deals may play a key role in the prosecution of former President Donald Trump.
Trump appointed Cannon to the bench, but that alone is not a good enough reason for her to recuse herself from the case.
The Justice Department issues target letters to people who are about to be charged with crimes, giving them a warning and a chance to get legal counsel.
A former national security staffer, now a scholar of secrecy law, says criticisms of Trump’s federal indictment for hoarding classified documents are unfounded.
One of the bedrock principles of the American legal system is that no one is above the law. When it comes to indicting a former US president, political factors must also be weighed.
Biden could face trying to win an election against an opponent being prosecuted by the government he leads. This is uncharted territory for a US president.
Like all criminal defendants, Trump will enjoy the protection that a jury will offer from abuse by government prosecutors.
If you were Trump’s lawyer, what would you advise him to do now? Two national security specialists have some words for and about the former president after his federal indictment.
There are 38 felony charges against former President Donald Trump, and while it’s unlikely, he could potentially be sentenced to serve 400 years if found guilty on all of them.
If a person – in this case, the former president of the United States – is charged by federal and state prosecutors, or prosecutors in different states, at the same time, which case goes first?
Special counsels are not entirely independent, but they do still help administrations avoid the perception of bias.
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Associate Professor of Political Science, College of Charleston
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Foundation Professor of Law and Political Science, Arizona State University
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Co-Director, National Security and Civil Rights Program, Loyola University Chicago
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Distinguished Practitioner in Residence, Loyola University Chicago
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Professor of Criminal Law, Immigration, and Race and Law, University of California, Davis
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Professor of law, Washington University in St. Louis
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Assistant Professor, Westminster College
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Professor, Department of Communication Arts, University of Waterloo
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Teaching Professor of Law, University of Colorado Boulder
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Associate Professor of Law, Wayne State University
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Professor of Law, University of Virginia
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Professor of Law, Harvard University
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Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
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Associate Professor of Law; Senior Faculty Fellow, Mershon Center for International Security Studies, The Ohio State University
