The Constitution has guaranteed our freedoms and rights for over 200 years. In this regular series, Dean Leonard Baynes with the University of Houston Law Center looks at the Amendments and how they relate to society today.
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“The US President has enormous power to enforce the nation’s law, to lead the military, and to represent the nation at home and abroad. But what happens if the legality of those actions are questioned in court?”
“In a recent Supreme Court decision, the court ruled that a president is immune from criminal prosecution for illegal “Official Acts,” but not from illegal “Unofficial Acts.”
“The court did not draw a clear line between the two types of Presidential acts, leaving future courts to decide where official duty of the president ends and personal conduct begins.”
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