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On March 6, the Supreme Court set a date of April 25 for its consideration of the criminal immunity argument related to former President Trump’s claim of presidential immunity. [ 40 ] [ 41 ] The U.S. Supreme Court recently [ 42 ] ruled on Donald Trump's eligibility to appear on the 2024 presidential primary ballot, finding that the former U.S ...
Although the U.S. president is frequently sued in his governmental capacity, he normally is not sued in his personal capacity as being personally liable. [11] In 1982, the Supreme Court held in Nixon v. Fitzgerald that the president enjoys absolute immunity from civil litigation for official acts undertaken while in office. [11]
Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Texas, ordered by year.Since its admission to statehood in 1845, Texas has participated in every U.S. presidential election except the 1864 election during the American Civil War, when the state had seceded to join the Confederacy, and the 1868 election, when the state was undergoing Reconstruction.
In 2023, former president Donald Trump was indicted in four federal and state cases involving alleged criminal acts he undertook while president from 2017 to 2021. He contended that as president he had absolute immunity from criminal prosecution, arguing that all his actions were within the scope of his official duties as president.
The U.S. Supreme Court in July handed down what one justice called a "rule for the ages" on presidential immunity. Smith's criminal prosecution was set to be the first major test of the court's ...
Voter registration in Texas ended on October 5, and the Secretary of State reported a registration total of 16,955,519 voters, an increase of 1,854,432 since the 2016 elections, and 1.2 million of which had occurred after the 2018 midterm elections. Early voting began on October 13.
The precedent-setting Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity helps not just Donald Trump, but all future US presidents, writes Timothy C. Parlatore. Opinion: The presidential immunity ...
The former president has argued that his effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election results and his involvement with the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection were part of his presidential ...