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The laws that allow defendants to shift state prosecutions to federal court.
The Supreme Court’s current doctrine holds that a president (including a former president) enjoys absolute criminal immunity for exercises of “core” or “conclusive and preclusive” presidential powers ...
The Department of Justice can withhold or in criminal-investigation records under a mix of , and local court rules, and protective orders that prioritize privacy, ongoing investigations, victim safety...
and related privileges shape which lawsuits can proceed, which acts are insulated, and how courts balance separation-of-powers concerns against accountability; the law gives absolute civil immunity fo...
A state criminal conviction can be reviewed in not by a conventional “appeal” that lifts the state case into the federal trial or appellate docket, but by post‑conviction federal review of constitutio...
Courts have a mixed but well‑charted record when state convictions of high‑profile federal officeholders are challenged: the U.S. Supreme Court can review state‑court interpretations of federal law (d...
Federal courts evaluate removal of state criminal cases for presidential‑immunity review by applying the Supreme Court’s two‑step immunity framework from Trump v. United States—first deciding whether ...