Professor Steven Schwinn Authors Article on Presidential Immunity
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UIC Law Professor Steven Schwinn wrote an article for the Law professors Blog Network about the Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity.
“The Supreme Court ruled today that a former president enjoys certain immunity–and as a practical matter probably near total immunity–from federal criminal prosecution for actions taken while in office. The sweeping ruling remands the immunity issue back to the district court in former President Trump’s criminal case based his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. That means that the prosecution and former President Trump will have to re-litigate the immunity issue at the district court, and re-appeal the ruling to the appellate court and Supreme Court, before the criminal case can move forward.”
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