Questions tagged [president]
For questions regarding heads of state with the title "President." Should be used with a jurisdiction tag to indicate which country the question is about.
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Why does the Trump immunity decision further delay the trial?
Why is Trump heralding this as a victory, and why are Democrats and the liberal justices saying this puts the president above the law?
There’s another excellent question on the Trump immunity decision ...
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Can someone explain the Trump immunity ruling?
The US Supreme Court handed down their ruling in the presidential immunity case regarding Donald Trump and the January 6 insurrection. From what I've been able to tell from news reports, they said ...
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In the Hush Money case, why was Trump not charged with the "other" crimes?
In New York law, falsifying business records (which Trump was charged with) is only a misdemeanor. However, if the falsification was done with intent to help commit or conceal a crime, then it is ...
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Why President's power to grant pardon to punishment or sentence are dealt separately in drafted language of article 72 of Constitution of India?
Constitution of India
Article 72 : [Title: Power of President to grant pardons, etc., and to suspend, remit or commute sentences in certain cases]
Sub Article (1) : The President shall have the power ...
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What is current status of Trump's Carroll II payment?
In 2023 a court/jury ruled that Trump should pay $5 million dollars to EJ Carroll. I understand he has submitted that money to the court which is holding it pending an appeal. But I can find no ...
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Are there consistent precedents for “acts of war”?
I don’t know the details of how it happened, but I am pretty sure the assassination of Osama bin Laden required presidential authorization from Barack Obama (I don’t know why, though - if it were an ...
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Could a medical condition rendering a person incapacitated make someone ineligble for the presidency?
Alice wants to run for President of the United States. She qualifies for age, being born in the US and time lived in the US. So far so easy. But Alice also is suffering from an illness that results in ...
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Based on what legal basis is former AG Edwin Meese arguing that appointment of Jack Smith was improper?
Former attorney general Edwin Meese wrote an Amici Curiae paper to the federal DC Circuit Court of Appeals that Jack Smith's appointment as special prosecutor and counsel in the prosecution of Trump ...
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Two terms for a president [duplicate]
If a Vice President becomes President on the death of a President such as with LBJ and the election is not for two years. Are they allowed to stand for two addition terms or is the rest of the term ...
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Why did Jack Smith concede federal DC circuit appeals court has jurisdiction over Trump immunity claims when he could've relied on SCOTUS precedent?
Special prosecutor Jack Smith conceded that the DC circuit has appellate jurisdiction to hear Trump's interlocutory (interim) appeal over denial of criminal immunity for his actions on 1/6/2021 under ...
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What is the cause of Letitia James’s “civil claim” against trump? [duplicate]
It’s confusing to me because her standing seems to derive from her position as attorney general, and yet this is a position that is meant as I had understood to prosecute crimes, not civil matters. So ...
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What if someone serving time in a state prison gets elected president?
What if someone serving time in a state prison gets elected president?
Would it be legal for the state to continue to incarcerate a US president?
Can he order himself to be released (for example, on ...
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Can the Secret Service arrest someone who uses an illegal drug inside of the White House?
In light of the recent discovery of cocaine inside the West Wing of the White House, I am wondering if a person who either lives in, or works in, or makes a visit to the White House, is caught using ...
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Could they subpoena Mike Pence to testify whether he knew that Trump had taken classified documents out of the White House?
In regards to the trial that will take place in the future regarding the issue of former U.S. President Donald Trump mishandling classified documents, I was just wondering if former Vice President ...
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Can a U.S. President's doctor refuse to answer medical-related questions asked by a Congressional committee?
Say that in the event that the 25th Amendment was to be invoked due to the suspicion that the U.S. President was no longer physically and/or mentally capable of performing his/her Presidential duties, ...
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