Former President Trump is charged with conspiring to thwart the peaceful transfer of power following the 2020 election. In his defense, he asserts that a doctrine of permanent immunity from criminal liability for a President’s official acts, while not expressly provided by the Constitution, must be inferred. To justify this radical assertion, he contends that the original meaning of the Constitution demands it. But no plausible historical case supports his claim. 

UCHV Fellow Jane Manners has co-written an amicus brief in this case against Former President Trump.