Gustav Moyuier proposed the establishment of a permanent criminal court in response to the egregious crimes which were committed during the Franco-Prussian war. This noble proposal was initially considered transitory but was brought into reality after the first world war when the drafters of the ...
If an officer of the federal government (or indeed anyone else) commits a criminal act, he can be prosecuted without regard to whether it was a private or an official act. Under the court’s ruling, only the president is immune, unless the act is determined to be private. Why this spec...
PresidentIndictingProsecutingFederalismSubpoenaImpeachmentImpeachingSeparation of PowersJurisdictionCan a sitting U.S. President be federally indicted or prosecuted? Exploring the history of impeachment and prosecution in (1) England and Great Britain, (2) colSocial Science Electronic Publishing...
The impeachment of a U.S. president occurs when the Congress brings charges against the president. To be 'impeached' means only that charges were brought against the president; it does not mean that the president was found guilty of the charges or removed from office....
In a defense against prosecutors who want to subpoena the president's tax records, President Trump's lawyer William Consovoy said the president is immune from prosecution while in office. Legal analyst Kim Wehle joins CBSN to discuss.
making such an implied argument in an essay designed to quell concerns over presidential powers." Instead, Turley argues, Hamilton was explaining that the president, unlike the British monarch, was not above the law and "could be stripped of his office and still prosecuted under the Constitution...
Trump can be criminally prosecuted for the actions he took to overturn the 2020 election. Whether the case makes it to trial or results in a conviction, what happens to all the other pending cases involving Trump, and whether the former president is returned...
“I think the question that you have to confront is why a single state should decide who gets to be president of the United States,” Kagan said at one point. “In other words, this question of whether a former president is disqualified for insurrection,” she continued. “It sounds awful...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith on Monday asked the Supreme Court to take up and rule quickly on whether former President Donald Trump can be prosecuted on charges he plotted to overturn the 2020 election results. Smith made his request f...
involved in a treasonous plot, directing his allies to carry out a conspiracy. But founder James Wilson, who later became a Supreme Court justice, argued that if a president is a party to treason, he could be impeached and removed, and then prosecuted. Wilson's thinking ultimately prevailed...