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The Supreme Court case and its implications on presidential immunity.
The federal courts initially rejected a sweeping claim that a former President is categorically immune from criminal prosecution, with a December 2023 D.C. Circuit decision and an earlier district-cou...
Only one former U.S. president has been criminally convicted in modern history: Donald J. Trump, whose 2024 conviction on business-records felonies was widely described as the first conviction of a fo...
The question is settled: appellate courts and the have directly addressed claims tied to ’s cases—first in the D.C. federal courts and then definitively at the Supreme Court, which issued a landmark d...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has historically played a cautious, protective role when claims of presidential immunity arise: its Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) issued internal memoranda in 1973 and ...
Yes — a former president can be prosecuted for crimes arising from conduct while in office, but the modern legal rule is qualified: the Supreme Court held in 2024 that former presidents enjoy immunity...