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United States v. Nixon

A landmark Supreme Court case that established the principle that presidents are not categorically immune from judicial or prosecutorial process.

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Jan 24, 2026
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How did Judge Aileen Cannon justify dismissing the classified‑documents case against Trump and what legal precedents did she cite?

of on the ground that Special Counsel was not validly appointed under the Constitution’s , a ruling that treated long‑standing lower‑court and reasoning as non‑binding or inapplicable to the facts her...

Feb 1, 2026
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What legal conflicts of interest arise when a sitting president sues an agency they oversee?

When a sitting the president oversees, it creates acute legal and ethical tensions: potential conflicts of interest in the executive branch’s control of litigation, questions about immunity and separa...

Feb 4, 2026

What precedents exist for enforcing congressional subpoenas against presidents or former presidents, and how did Steve Bannon’s contempt conviction influence enforcement strategy?

against presidents or former presidents rests on two tracks: criminal contempt referral to the and civil enforcement through the federal courts, with a rare and practically unused third option of "inh...

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...

Jan 31, 2026

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...