Presidential immunity in the United States
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title:
Presidential immunity in the United States
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A sitting president of the United States has both civil and criminal immunity for their official acts. Neither civil nor criminal immunity is explicitly granted in the Constitution or any federal statute. The Supreme Court of the United States found in Nixon v. Fitzgerald (1982) that the president has absolute immunity from civil damages actions regarding conduct within the "outer perimeter" of their duties. However, in Clinton v. Jones (1997), the court ruled against temporary immunity for sitt
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U.S. political and legal concept
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_immunity_in_the_United_States
date created:
2023-04-01T21:32:13Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T03:37:33Z
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