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Presidential Immunity 2024

The Supreme Court's decision on presidential immunity in Trump v. United States and its implications for holding former presidents accountable.

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Jan 25, 2026

What precedent exists for holding former presidents criminally or civilly accountable for constitutional breaches?

A patchwork of judicial rulings, scholarly arguments, and memoranda has shaped the narrow and contested precedents for holding former presidents criminally or civilly accountable: long recognized abso...

Jan 19, 2026

How did the Department of Justice’s policy on prosecuting a sitting president affect the federal cases against Trump?

The Justice Department’s long-standing internal policy against prosecuting a sitting president reshaped the trajectory of the federal criminal cases against Donald Trump by prompting prosecutors to pa...