Feb 2, 2026
Explain presidential immunity
is a contested legal doctrine that shields some presidential actions from civil or criminal liability, but its scope is now defined by a recent ruling that creates a three-tier framework distinguishin...
Presidential immunity ruling
The Supreme Court's recent ruling on presidential immunity creates a three-tier framework distinguishing absolute, presumptive, and no immunity for former presidents' actions taken while in office.
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How have lower courts applied the Supreme Court’s immunity framework to other presidents or presidential‑adjacent conduct?
Lower courts have, so far, approached the ’s new cautiously and piecemeal, largely because the Court itself remanded fact‑specific questions back to trial judges rather than announcing bright‑line rul...
Jan 23, 2026
How do statutes of limitations and presidential immunity affect prosecutions of former presidents?
’s recent framework limits when a former president can be criminally prosecuted by carving official acts into three tiers—absolute immunity for core constitutional powers, presumptive immunity for oth...