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Rutan v. Republican Party of Illinois, 497 U.S. 62 (1990), was a United States Supreme Court decision that held that the First Amendment forbids a government entity from basing its decision to promote, transfer, recall, or hire low-level public employees based upon their party affiliation.
The court declined to dismiss, but stayed the trial until Clinton's presidency ended. The Eighth Circuit affirmed, and in Clinton v. Jones the U.S. Supreme Court in turn affirmed the Eighth Circuit, holding that presidential immunity generally does not extend to lawsuits over matters that predate the president taking office. [16]
Clinton v. Jones, 520 U.S. 681 (1997), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case establishing that a sitting President of the United States has no immunity from civil law litigation, in federal court, for acts done before taking office and unrelated to the office. [1]
Violate the law. While a sitting president can argue he is immune from prosecution for certain acts committed as president, as a private citizen, the former president is just like everyone else ...
The Presidential Pension: What They Make After Leaving Office. When the president leaves office, they are still considered a federal employee and therefore receive an annual pension, travel ...
The Former Presidents Act (known also as FPA; 3 U.S.C. § 102 note (P.L. 85-745)) [1] is a 1958 U.S. federal law that provides several lifetime benefits to former presidents of the United States who have not been removed from office solely pursuant to Article Two of the United States Constitution.
Trump's team asked the Supreme Court to reject the expedited timeline and allow the appeals court to consider the case first. [29] [30] On December 22, the Supreme Court denied the special counsel's request, leaving the case to the appeals court. [31] On January 9, 2024, the D.C. Court of Appeals heard arguments in the immunity dispute.
Having said that, Smith points to the case of Senator William Blout, who, in 1797, was technically impeached after he had left office—though being a member of Congress instead of the president ...