FIT FOR A KING: PRESIDENT TRUMP’S UNDEMOCRATIC IMMUNITY FROM INSURRECTION

Volume 98, No. 2, Winter 2026

By Micha Kerbel [PDF]

The United States Supreme Court made a fatal error in its 2024 decision Trump v. United States. In what the Supreme Court convinced itself was a careful and methodical approach to protect the dignity and efficacy of the office of the President of the United States, the Court created a precedent that poses a direct risk to the foundation of American democracy and our grand republic. In Trump, the Court potentially granted President Donald Trump immunity for his conduct following the 2020 election by establishing a presumption of immunity for sitting Presidents who exercise powers that do not stem from their core constitutional charter of authority.

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* Brynn C. Chafin, Temple University Beasley School of Law, 2024. Introduction On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump was sworn into office for his second term as President of the United States of America.[1] Although his administration has and will continue to affect all parts of American life, it will impact the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act […]

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