Not Even the President is Above the Law

Jonathan Crowe
Nov 2 · 3 min read

Last week, Donald Trump’s lawyers argued in Federal Court that the President is above the law. It is worth pausing to note just how extraordinary this is. Everyone, regardless of their political stripe, should be troubled by it.

The argument was not merely that the President enjoys immunity in an official capacity, but that everything he does is beyond scrutiny. When asked whether the President…

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Jonathan Crowe is Professor of Law at Bond University and a Visiting Scholar at the University of Texas at Austin.

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