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Prosecution of the President of the United States : the Constitution, executive power, and the rule of law / H. Lowell Brown.

9783030813734 (electronic bk.)
3030813738 (electronic bk.)
303081372X
9783030813727

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2022]

©2022

English

1 online resource (xiv, 257 pages)

10.1007/978-3-030-81373-4 doi

KF5051 .B76 2022

342.73062

"This book provides a detailed look at the constitutional, historical, and political arguments concerning presidential immunity from prosecution, as well as the opinions of the Office of Legal Counsel that provided the justification for the decision not to prosecute President Trump. Focusing on those opinions, the book examines the constitutional basis of presidential immunity, both textual and historical, as reflected in the deliberations of the 1787 Convention and the ratification debates. The opinions are viewed in the context of the criminal investigations of Presidents Nixon and Clinton that gave rise to those opinions, as well as the pronouncements of the Supreme Court concerning their claims, and those of President Trump to immunity from judicial inquiry. Lastly, the book analyzes presidential immunity in light of the separation of powers, the availability of impeachment, and the discordance between presidential immunity and the rule of law"-- Provided by the publisher.

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Evolving American presidency.

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Prosecution of the president of the United States.

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