Courts should not rush into a trial because the subject of presidential immunity from criminal charges is “a novel, complex, and momentous question that warrants careful consideration on appeal,” the legal team led by D. John Sauer wrote. In their request to keep the trial on hold, Trump...
Trump focuses on presidential immunity after Supreme Court Colorado decision 02:39 Share this - Copied Former President Donald Trump thanked the Supreme Court for its decision to allow him to remain on the Colorado ballot and focused on the court’s upcoming decision on...
If successful, Trump's claim of "temporary presidential immunity" could provide the president an additional layer of legal protection, having already entered office with newly broadened presidential power and protection from criminal liability following theSupreme Court's rulinglast year...
As Trump faces federal charges for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, he and his legal team have argued that his actions surrounding the Jan. 6 insurrection are protected by presidential immunity. Earlier this month, however, a three-judge panel ...
former President Donald Trump's attorney argued that presidents are immune from criminal prosecution for actions taken in office, unless they are first impeached by the House and convicted by the Senate. CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson breaks down that argument and the key moments of ...
Donald Trump’s Colorado ballot challenge and his “presidential immunity” claim are awaiting the Supreme Court’s final decision. Neal Katyal, Saunders Professor of Law at Georgetown University, joins Joy Reid with his analysis of these cases and more.
Advisers on former President Donald Trump's 2024 campaign believe the Supreme Court's ruling on presidential immunity will help his efforts for a second term at the White House and make another trial unlikely before Election Day. CBS News'
“for the ages,” as Justice Neil Gorsuchsuggested. Instead, the court should keep it simple, treat the Trump immunity decision as the easy “non-official” electioneering case that it is and avoid making a definitive, complicated and time-consuming ruling on presidential im...
Under the doctrine of absolute presidential immunity that Trump's lawyer is arguing, a U.S. president could not be prosecuted for any official act, unless he or she were impeached and convicted by Congress first. Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump takes the...
The long-awaited ruling, related to presidential immunity, could have profound consequences for the case.